Vitality policy as a tool for rural development in peripheral Finland
Abstract In Finland, there has been a strong tendency to direct rural development from competitiveness and (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy towards a more holistic, systemic and place‐based “vitality policy” including softer development values related to attractive living environments,...
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crwiley:10.1111/grow.12364 2024-09-15T18:16:13+00:00 Vitality policy as a tool for rural development in peripheral Finland Makkonen, Teemu Kahila, Petri Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/grow.12364 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgrow.12364 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/grow.12364 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/grow.12364 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Growth and Change volume 52, issue 2, page 706-726 ISSN 0017-4815 1468-2257 journal-article 2020 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12364 2024-08-13T04:11:44Z Abstract In Finland, there has been a strong tendency to direct rural development from competitiveness and (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy towards a more holistic, systemic and place‐based “vitality policy” including softer development values related to attractive living environments, communality and the well‐being of residents. Research on the topic has, however, remained limited and the views of municipalities unaccounted for. Here, the issue of how municipalities themselves regard this shift in their development work was taken under scrutiny using data collected from the rural and peripheral region of North Karelia (Finland). The empirical material was collected from municipal strategies and via face‐to‐face and telephone interviews with municipal officials. The results show that vitality policy is a holistic place‐based tool to develop rural regions involving several policy sectors and a network (system) of organisations from the public, private, and third‐sector centred around the municipality, that is, local government. Thus, those involved constitute a quadruple helix of actors engaged in rural development. At the same time, under vitality policy, the municipalities have taken a more active role towards strengthening communality. Nevertheless, if (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy fails, other policy measures will have a limited impact on rural development. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Wiley Online Library Growth and Change 52 2 706 726 |
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Abstract In Finland, there has been a strong tendency to direct rural development from competitiveness and (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy towards a more holistic, systemic and place‐based “vitality policy” including softer development values related to attractive living environments, communality and the well‐being of residents. Research on the topic has, however, remained limited and the views of municipalities unaccounted for. Here, the issue of how municipalities themselves regard this shift in their development work was taken under scrutiny using data collected from the rural and peripheral region of North Karelia (Finland). The empirical material was collected from municipal strategies and via face‐to‐face and telephone interviews with municipal officials. The results show that vitality policy is a holistic place‐based tool to develop rural regions involving several policy sectors and a network (system) of organisations from the public, private, and third‐sector centred around the municipality, that is, local government. Thus, those involved constitute a quadruple helix of actors engaged in rural development. At the same time, under vitality policy, the municipalities have taken a more active role towards strengthening communality. Nevertheless, if (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy fails, other policy measures will have a limited impact on rural development. |
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