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Challenges for the Local Communities
This working paper aims at paving the way for further research on the changing relations between citizens and the local environment in which their everyday activities take place, as to contribute to a
Leaving Rurality Behind: Re-orientation of Spatial Policies in Sweden
The paper will address the changing status of rural regions in policy formation in Sweden, which includes two processes: self-propelling de-population and a shift towards supporting dynamic growth reg
Modes of Re-Territorialisation: Spatial Implications of Regional Competition Politics in Sweden
In Sweden, efforts to develop knowledge based niches have become key elements in an increasingly growth oriented regional/industrial policy. This paper addresses the spatial implications of these chan
Understanding Rural Change – Demography as a Key to the Future
The aim of this paper is to exploit demographic change in rural areas as a means to forecast their possible economic and social futures. The peripheral rural areas of Europe will experience problems o
Articles in Framtider International edition 2008
The purpose of this edition is to describe the changes in the Swedish model in a broad sense, and discuss it with an eye to current dilemmas and future challenges. Contents End of Equality? The Welfare Joakim Palme, Johan Fritzell and Åke Bergmark
What Future for Social Investment?
Institute for Futures Studies Research Report 2009/2, 101p. This report assesses the diversity feasibility, but also the relevance of the social investment strategy in Europe. What policies have been i
