Landsbygden – För vem och på vems villkor? En komparativ fallstudie av norsk och svensk landsbygdspolitik
(2019) STVK02 20191Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- While the Swedish rural countryside has seen a decline in economic activity and
population due to demographic changes and cutbacks in welfare services the
Norwegian rural areas has not undergone the same decline. This essay seeks to
compare two political documents, one from each country, in the belief that not
only policy, but also the views on the rural areas, peripheries, and their purpose
influence how the countries form their rural policies. Building on the theoretical
framework of Stein Rokkan the essay examines how the nations perception of
their rural peripheries form their political strategies. The essay finds that a
difference in attitude exists between the countries. Sweden displays a much more
colonial and materialistic... (More) - While the Swedish rural countryside has seen a decline in economic activity and
population due to demographic changes and cutbacks in welfare services the
Norwegian rural areas has not undergone the same decline. This essay seeks to
compare two political documents, one from each country, in the belief that not
only policy, but also the views on the rural areas, peripheries, and their purpose
influence how the countries form their rural policies. Building on the theoretical
framework of Stein Rokkan the essay examines how the nations perception of
their rural peripheries form their political strategies. The essay finds that a
difference in attitude exists between the countries. Sweden displays a much more
colonial and materialistic view of its peripheral rural areas as mainly a source of
economic activity to carry its own welfare costs while also contributing to the
national economy. Norway sees the rural periphery as not only a means to
generate economic activity and contribute to the national economy but also as a
historic and cultural legacy with its own intrinsic value with a much more
decentralized approach. (Less)
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abstract = {{While the Swedish rural countryside has seen a decline in economic activity and
population due to demographic changes and cutbacks in welfare services the
Norwegian rural areas has not undergone the same decline. This essay seeks to
compare two political documents, one from each country, in the belief that not
only policy, but also the views on the rural areas, peripheries, and their purpose
influence how the countries form their rural policies. Building on the theoretical
framework of Stein Rokkan the essay examines how the nations perception of
their rural peripheries form their political strategies. The essay finds that a
difference in attitude exists between the countries. Sweden displays a much more
colonial and materialistic view of its peripheral rural areas as mainly a source of
economic activity to carry its own welfare costs while also contributing to the
national economy. Norway sees the rural periphery as not only a means to
generate economic activity and contribute to the national economy but also as a
historic and cultural legacy with its own intrinsic value with a much more
decentralized approach.}},
author = {{Huseid, Egil}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Landsbygden – För vem och på vems villkor? En komparativ fallstudie av norsk och svensk landsbygdspolitik}},
year = {{2019}},
}