<p>The aim of the study is to examine different statements for and against regional identity in the research of the new organisation of the Swedish society. The aim is also to observe in what extend the Swedish committee of responsibility has had an awareness of the identity politics in its effort to improve the presumptions for the new, successful regional division.</p><p>The questions are:</p><p>1. In which ways do the opinions of the participant of the work of the committee of responsibility, coincide and differ when it comes to the importance of the regional identity in the case of a new regional division?</p><p>2. How has the committee of responsibility worked on development of consciousness and mobilisation for the creation of the regional identity in its final report?</p><p>A method called the argumentation analysis was used in this study. The documents that were analysed were all linked to the research of a new Swedish organisation. The conclusion of the study is that even though the committee’s reasoning concords in many ways with the theory, it would be fallacious to say that the committee has been working on development of consciousness and mobilisation for the creation of the regional identity.</p>

<p>The purpose of the following essay is to analyze how the Swedish regional policy has been influenced by the regional policy in the EU. The study builds on the theoretical framework that is Europeanization, the top-down approach, which stipulates where you can find evidence of this influence. To obtain the information that I needed to answer my question formulations, which main question formulation are; in which way has the EU regional policy influenced the Swedish regional policy? I used the method of literature analysis. Both the theoretical framework alongside the chosen method pointed me to analyze the public debate in Sweden in the regional question. The public debate in Sweden amounts in so called ‘statliga offentliga utredningar’ which information gave me the answers to my question formulations. The findings are that the EU’s regional policy had influenced the Swedish regional policy in a great way. The influence comes through channels of rules and guidelines from the EU witch have to be incorporated in the Swedish system. This, in return, crates problem for the traditional Swedish system that has to change in order to comply with the given guidelines from the EU.</p>

The purpose of the following essay is to analyze how the Swedish regional policy has been influenced by the regional policy in the EU. The study builds on the theoretical framework that is Europeanization, the top-down approach, which stipulates where you can find evidence of this influence. To obtain the information that I needed to answer my question formulations, which main question formulation are; in which way has the EU regional policy influenced the Swedish regional policy? I used the method of literature analysis. Both the theoretical framework alongside the chosen method pointed me to analyze the public debate in Sweden in the regional question. The public debate in Sweden amounts in so called ‘statliga offentliga utredningar’ which information gave me the answers to my question formulations. The findings are that the EU’s regional policy had influenced the Swedish regional policy in a great way. The influence comes through channels of rules and guidelines from the EU witch have to be incorporated in the Swedish system. This, in return, crates problem for the traditional Swedish system that has to change in order to comply with the given guidelines from the EU.

The aim of the study is to examine different statements for and against regional identity in the research of the new organisation of the Swedish society. The aim is also to observe in what extend the Swedish committee of responsibility has had an awareness of the identity politics in its effort to improve the presumptions for the new, successful regional division. The questions are: 1. In which ways do the opinions of the participant of the work of the committee of responsibility, coincide and differ when it comes to the importance of the regional identity in the case of a new regional division? 2. How has the committee of responsibility worked on development of consciousness and mobilisation for the creation of the regional identity in its final report? A method called the argumentation analysis was used in this study. The documents that were analysed were all linked to the research of a new Swedish organisation. The conclusion of the study is that even though the committee’s reasoning concords in many ways with the theory, it would be fallacious to say that the committee has been working on development of consciousness and mobilisation for the creation of the regional identity.