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A comparative analysis of regional development policies and their socioeconomic outcomes in Sweden and Norway

Overend, Maxwell LU (2026) SGEK03 20252
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
This paper explores how the regional policies of Sweden and Norway have impactedthe respective peripheral regions of Västerbotten and Troms. There is a variety ofmaterial used in this text, ranging from government white papers, policy documents,statistical data taken from governmental databases. The theory of CumulativeCausation as well as the analytical framework of Historical Institutionalism will beapplied to this thesis. The use of Historical Institutionalism helps in providing aninsight into how institutional legacies as well as the two countries divergent criticaljunctures have impacted their policy development. The analysis of the material came inthe form of a policy analysis with a qualitative analysis of the policies outputs as... (More)
This paper explores how the regional policies of Sweden and Norway have impactedthe respective peripheral regions of Västerbotten and Troms. There is a variety ofmaterial used in this text, ranging from government white papers, policy documents,statistical data taken from governmental databases. The theory of CumulativeCausation as well as the analytical framework of Historical Institutionalism will beapplied to this thesis. The use of Historical Institutionalism helps in providing aninsight into how institutional legacies as well as the two countries divergent criticaljunctures have impacted their policy development. The analysis of the material came inthe form of a policy analysis with a qualitative analysis of the policies outputs as wellas a quantitative analysis of the policy outcomes. Because of an unfortunate lack ofregional and temporal data on the metrics which were of interest, the analysis had toadapt which means that the results are somewhat inconclusive but give pointers topotential further research on the topic. (Less)
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author
Overend, Maxwell LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEK03 20252
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Regional Policy, Historical Institutionalism, Periphery, Sweden, Norway
language
English
id
9221279
date added to LUP
2026-01-30 16:11:50
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2026-01-30 16:11:50
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  abstract     = {{This paper explores how the regional policies of Sweden and Norway have impactedthe respective peripheral regions of Västerbotten and Troms. There is a variety ofmaterial used in this text, ranging from government white papers, policy documents,statistical data taken from governmental databases. The theory of CumulativeCausation as well as the analytical framework of Historical Institutionalism will beapplied to this thesis. The use of Historical Institutionalism helps in providing aninsight into how institutional legacies as well as the two countries divergent criticaljunctures have impacted their policy development. The analysis of the material came inthe form of a policy analysis with a qualitative analysis of the policies outputs as wellas a quantitative analysis of the policy outcomes. Because of an unfortunate lack ofregional and temporal data on the metrics which were of interest, the analysis had toadapt which means that the results are somewhat inconclusive but give pointers topotential further research on the topic.}},
  author       = {{Overend, Maxwell}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{A comparative analysis of regional development policies and their socioeconomic outcomes in Sweden and Norway}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}