Labour market activation policies aimed at those with multiple barriers to employment require inter-agency collaboration between local organizations providing social and employment services. This local collaborative context is shaped by different institutional logics (state, markets, professions and community) that are crucial for policy implementation. Using case studies of nine German, UK and Swedish cities, it is argued that different institutional logics help shape the form and operation of local collaboration between different agencies and actors and thus the concrete support for service users at the local level. Although all three countries are characterized by centralized employment policies, each city shows a prevalence, but not exclusivity, of certain institutional logics over others. These differences, partly reflecting the local context, are likely to lead to local variations in understandings of solidarity, policy implementation, inter-agency collaboration and networks of actors and national–local tensions. The paper suggests that an institutional logics approach provides a useful framework for helping to understand local variations and potential national–local policy conflicts.

针对就业多重障碍者的劳动力市场启动政策要求提供社会和就业服务的地方组织之间进行机构间合作。这种本地协作环境是由对政策实施至关重要的不同制度逻辑（国家，市场，专业和社区）形成的。通过对德国，英国和瑞典九个城市的案例研究，认为不同的制度逻辑有助于塑造不同机构和参与者之间本地合作的形式和运作，从而为本地服务用户提供具体支持。尽管所有三个国家都具有集中化的就业政策，但每个城市都显示出某些制度逻辑相对于其他城市的普遍性，但不是排他性。这些差异部分反映了当地情况，可能导致当地对团结，政策执行，机构间合作和行为者网络以及国家与地方之间的紧张关系的理解发生变化。该论文认为，制度逻辑方法为帮助理解地方差异和潜在的国家与地方政策冲突提供了有用的框架。