Culture, institutions and power:institutionalisation of cross-border co-operation as a development strategy in Northern Finland

• Main Author: Jakola, F. (Fredriika)
• Other Authors: Paasi, A. (Anssi), Prokkola, E. (Eeva-Kaisa)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Geographical Society of Northern Finland 2019
• Subjects: Cultural Political Economy; Finnish-Swedish border; Kemi-Tornio region; Tornio Valley; cross-border co-operation; discourse; identity; institutions; municipal planning; power; regional development; state transformation; trust; Kemi-Tornio; Tornio; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019102534802

Abstract A predominant academic question is how and why the development paths of municipalities and regions take certain forms. In recent decades, geographers and economists in particular have investigated the dynamics of how local institutional conditions and their local mobilisation can affect dev...