Swedish government wants, through regional development policy archive equal conditions despite the country’s different presumptions, in the perspective ofeconomics, geographic and socially. Regional policy is a method to take advantage of, and us the differences within the country and operate efforts to increase the equality when needed. Swedish regional development policy has changed over time, both in organizational forms, and also different conditions of society. Since 2019 the assignment to operate for regional development has changed, with the aim of clarifyingwhich actors are responsible. From 2019 the Swedish Regions are responsible for the assignment to achieve regional growth, by the main tool, the regional development strategy document. Based on the mentioned changed conditions, the aim for this study is to describe the working process with Gävleborgs regional development strategy, and how the municipalities within the region experienced the participation and the opportunities to influence the strategy document. The study is based on a theoretical framework, that clarifies different perspectives on how to stimulate regional development, and the relationship between centre andperiphery. The empirical material has been analysed through a thematic analysis method. The result of the study present that no municipality experience a maximum hearing for their ideas, or at least experience that there is always someone else who allows more influence. The result as an extension of previous research clarifies that regional development as a concept is complex, and possibly complicates the opportunity to create a strategy document where all the involved municipalities feeling satisfied with the result. The document is pointing out innovation, education, and infrastructure as important perspective to achieve regional development. These components are also pointed out as important, within the theoretical framework. The municipalitiesinvolved in the working process also believe that these are the most important perspectives to achieve regional development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-184763 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Nordin, Micaela |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi, Student, samhällsplanerarprogrammet Umeå universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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