The Striking Similarities between Northern Norway and Northern Sweden
Source at https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 . Contrary to the view held by many actors, this paper, by using a quantitative and longitudinal analysis in a comparative perspective, show that demographic development in Northern Norway and Northern Sweden is much more similar than many think. Ov...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/15109 2023-05-15T14:23:59+02:00 The Striking Similarities between Northern Norway and Northern Sweden De slående likhetene mellom Nord-Norge og Nord-Sverige Stein, Jonas 2019-03 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15109 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 eng eng Cappelen Damm Akademisk Stein, J. (2019). What Happened in Northern Norway? - A comparative and quantitative analysis of political and demographic development in Northern Norway from 1950 to 2015. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16364 . Arctic Review on Law and Politics Stein, J.S. (2019). The Striking Similarities between Northern Norway and Northern Sweden. Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 10 , 79-102. https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 FRIDAID 1688434 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 1891-6252 2387-4562 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15109 openAccess VDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240 regional policy Arctic Northern Norway university municipalities Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2019 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 2021-06-25T17:56:31Z Source at https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 . Contrary to the view held by many actors, this paper, by using a quantitative and longitudinal analysis in a comparative perspective, show that demographic development in Northern Norway and Northern Sweden is much more similar than many think. Over the last 60 years, there has been a small negative trend in the relative percentage of the national population that lives in the two regions, with “knowledge cities”, and especially the two university cities Tromsø and Umeå, as the exception. Despite Broxian social theories of regional development in Northern Norway and the implementation of a generous set of regional policies, there seems to be no cause to claim that Northern Norway has followed a unique path of development compared to Northern Sweden, neither in general nor in smaller and more rural communities. Norwegian abstract Artikkelen er en komparativ studie av befolkningsutviklingen i Nord-Norge og Nord-Sverige i perioden 1951-2015. Gjennom å bruke most similar system design sammenlignes de to likeste regionene som er like på veldig mange områder, men har tre viktige forskjeller. 1) En svært ekspansiv regionalpolitikk er ført i Nord-Norge siden 1970-tallet 2) Sverige ble medlem i EU, og Norge ikke 3) Sverige gjennomførte en stor kommunereform på 1970-tallet. Norge gjorde det ikke. Artikkelen viser at på tross av disse tre forskjellene er befolkningsutviklingene slående lik i de to regionene. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Nord-Norge Nord-Sverige Northern Norway Northern Sweden Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Norway Tromsø Arctic Review on Law and Politics 10 0 79 |
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Source at https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 . Contrary to the view held by many actors, this paper, by using a quantitative and longitudinal analysis in a comparative perspective, show that demographic development in Northern Norway and Northern Sweden is much more similar than many think. Over the last 60 years, there has been a small negative trend in the relative percentage of the national population that lives in the two regions, with “knowledge cities”, and especially the two university cities Tromsø and Umeå, as the exception. Despite Broxian social theories of regional development in Northern Norway and the implementation of a generous set of regional policies, there seems to be no cause to claim that Northern Norway has followed a unique path of development compared to Northern Sweden, neither in general nor in smaller and more rural communities. Norwegian abstract Artikkelen er en komparativ studie av befolkningsutviklingen i Nord-Norge og Nord-Sverige i perioden 1951-2015. Gjennom å bruke most similar system design sammenlignes de to likeste regionene som er like på veldig mange områder, men har tre viktige forskjeller. 1) En svært ekspansiv regionalpolitikk er ført i Nord-Norge siden 1970-tallet 2) Sverige ble medlem i EU, og Norge ikke 3) Sverige gjennomførte en stor kommunereform på 1970-tallet. Norge gjorde det ikke. Artikkelen viser at på tross av disse tre forskjellene er befolkningsutviklingene slående lik i de to regionene. |
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Stein, J. (2019). What Happened in Northern Norway? - A comparative and quantitative analysis of political and demographic development in Northern Norway from 1950 to 2015. (Doctoral thesis). https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16364 . Arctic Review on Law and Politics Stein, J.S. (2019). The Striking Similarities between Northern Norway and Northern Sweden. Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 10 , 79-102. https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 FRIDAID 1688434 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1247 1891-6252 2387-4562 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15109 |
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