The challenge of localizing public services – equal access to public services and democratic governance in the whole of Sweden
Short description
Hard political decisions need to be made in the coming years. The future for Sweden's rural areas depends on the capacity of local communities to democratically address the challenges that come with decisions on the location of public services. In order to create a sustainable society, decisions must be accepted or at least tolerated by the
population.
All around Sweden, initiatives are taken by local and regional political actors to defend public services and find innovative solutions. We must learn from both successes and setbacks. This project aims to support learning between municipalities and regions.
This project aims to increase knowledge about how political priorities and decision-making on the location of public services can be made in a legitimate way.
Publications by project members relvant to the project
Karlsson, David & Skoog, Louise. (2025) . Political Geography, 116, 103248. (published online 2024)
Esaiasson, Peter & de Fine Licht, Jenny (2024): , Local Government Studies, (published online ahead of print).
de Fine Licht, Jenny; Karlsson, David & Skoog, Louise. (2024). . Palgrave Mcmillan. ISBN 978-3-031-64462-7.
Kantur, Ertan (2024) . Förvaltningshögskolans rapportserie nr 168. Göteborg: Förvaltningshögskolan, Göteborgs universitet.
(Ertan Kantur skrev rapporten som praktikant i projektet).
Karlsson, David (2024) Kommunernas makt. Om kommunal självstyrelse i det svenska statsskicket. I Tommy Möller (red.) . Stockholm: Medströms bokförlag.
de Fine Licht, Jenny; Karlsson, David och Louise Skoog (2023) Här där eller överallt? "Medborgares åsikter om lokalisering av offentlig service". I Ulrika Andersson, Patrik Öhberg, Anders Carlander, Johan Martinsson & Nora Theorin (red) Ovisshetens tid. Göteborg: SOM-institutet, Göteborgs universitet. .
Karlsson, David & Skoog, Louise (2023), . School of Public Administration Working Paper series 36.
de Fine Licht, Jenny; Agerberg, Mattias och Esaiasson, Peter. (2022). . Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(1): 183-199.
Karlsson, David (2022), "". Kapitel i Patrik Öhberg, Henrik Oscarsson & Jakob Ahlbom red. Folkviljans förverkligare Göteborgs universitet: Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Karlsson, David (2022) "Kapitel i Bo Per Larsson (red) "Självstyrelse – värd att värna?"
Berg, Rebecka, och de Fine Licht, Jenny. (2021). . Förvaltningshögskolans rapportserie, 162.
de Fine Licht, Jenny & Esaiasson, Peter. (2021). . Paper presented at the workshop “Improving on perfection? Democratic innovations in Nordic democracies” at the 2021 Congress of the Nordic Political 91̽ Association.
Fogelholm, Petra; de Fine Licht, Jenny & Esaiasson, Peter. (2019). . Förvaltningshögskolans rapportserie, 19: 150.
