This study aims to examine if party political governance creates different planning for sustainable development. The study examines two Swedish municipalities: Vellinge and Grums. These two municipalities have been selected because they have different political parties in majority. Grums municipality is governed by the Swedish Social Democrats, which is a left-wing party, while Vellinge is governed by the Moderates, which is a right-wing party. The study asks whether municipal planning for sustainability is carried out differently in municipalities with different political majorities. The previous research then helps to formulate two hypotheses that will enable the research question to be answered. The first hypothesis is that sustainable development policies in municipalities with a left-wing majority cover more areas of sustainable development than municipalities with a right-wing majority. The second hypothesis is that sustainable development policies in municipalities with a left-wing majority include more restrictive measures than municipalities with a right-wing majority. The study conducts a qualitative text analysis of comprehensive plan documents to test the hypotheses. Three pillars of sustainability are used to analyze the first hypothesis, while the other hypothesis is tested based on three different instruments to govern by policy. The analysis of this study confirms both hypotheses. The study therefore concludes that municipal planning for sustainability is carried out differently in municipalities with different political majorities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-84002 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Lindstrand Widström, Joel |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| 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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