The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden
The Sami are recognized as an Indigenous people and a national minority in both Norway and Sweden, and their involvement in any planning concerning their traditional territories is required. The aim of this article is to examine how Sami interests are secured and institutionalized in municipal compr...
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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/10574 2023-05-15T18:10:13+02:00 The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden Bjärstig, Therese Nygaard, Vigdis Riseth , Jan Åge Sandström , Camilla 2020-04-28 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/10574 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/10574/8568 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/10574 Copyright (c) 2020 Therese Bjärstig, Vigdis Nygaard, Jan Åge Riseth , Camilla Sandström https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2020) International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2020) 1916-5781 Indigenous people reindeer herding land use sustainability Sami Sami Parliament Sametinget Norway Sweden info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article text 2020 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:52Z The Sami are recognized as an Indigenous people and a national minority in both Norway and Sweden, and their involvement in any planning concerning their traditional territories is required. The aim of this article is to examine how Sami interests are secured and institutionalized in municipal comprehensive planning (MCP). We use two case study areas: Sortland municipality in Norway and Vilhelmina municipality in Sweden. Analysis of various qualitative materials indicates that, despite contextual and institutional differences, the planning processes in the case study areas have similar outcomes. We conclude that formal rights of the Sami are not always acknowledged by the politicians who make the final decision. Rather, the Sami depend on the politicians’ willingness to consider their needs. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Western Libraries OJS Norway Sortland ENVELOPE(13.595,13.595,68.245,68.245) International Indigenous Policy Journal 11 2 |
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The Sami are recognized as an Indigenous people and a national minority in both Norway and Sweden, and their involvement in any planning concerning their traditional territories is required. The aim of this article is to examine how Sami interests are secured and institutionalized in municipal comprehensive planning (MCP). We use two case study areas: Sortland municipality in Norway and Vilhelmina municipality in Sweden. Analysis of various qualitative materials indicates that, despite contextual and institutional differences, the planning processes in the case study areas have similar outcomes. We conclude that formal rights of the Sami are not always acknowledged by the politicians who make the final decision. Rather, the Sami depend on the politicians’ willingness to consider their needs. |
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Bjärstig, Therese Nygaard, Vigdis Riseth , Jan Åge Sandström , Camilla |
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The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden |
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The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden |
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The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden |
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The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden |
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The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden |
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