Search results for "aluekehitys"
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Kuntapäättäjän rooli aluekehitystyössä : foucault'lainen tarkastelu
2014
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää kunnan poliittisen johdon eli kunnanvaltuutettujen roolia aluekehitystyössä. Aluekehitysprosessia tarkasteltaessa voidaan todeta, että ohjelmaperusteisen aluepolitiikan kaudella kehittämistyön poliittinen ulottuvuus liittyy aluekehitystä ohjaavien strategioiden laatimisvaiheeseen. Strategiaprosessissa kansantahtoa edustavat kunnanvaltuutetut – näin ollen kuntapäättäjien roolia aluekehitystyössä tarkasteltaessa on mahdollista arvioida demokratian toteutumista siinä. Euroopan unionin jäsenyyden jälkeen suomalaisen aluekehitystyön perusta on ollut Euroopan unionin alue- ja rakennepolitiikka, jonka käytännöt ulottuvat aina kansallisvaltioiden alue- ja paikal…
Mapping regional cultural policies in Canada
2022
Pursuing decentralisation : regional cultural policies in Finland and Sweden
2021
In both Finland and Sweden, decentralisation has traditionally been an essential cultural policy aim. This article explores how, by pursuing decentralisation, the regional jurisdictions have been presented with more possibilities to fulfil their purposes and in this way, gain legitimacy in cultural policy. Based on the analysis of political, legal, and administrative documents, three main periods of regional decentralisation in cultural policies are identified: regions as vehicles of welfare policy, regionalisation, and competitive regions. In both countries, national governments have promoted the regional level’s agency, and in doing so, potential institutional change in cultural policy. H…
Drivers, barriers and impacts of digitalisation in rural areas from the viewpoint of experts
2022
Abstract Context: The domain of rural areas, including rural communities, agriculture, and forestry, is going through a process of deep digital transformation. Digitalisation can have positive impacts on sustainability in terms of greater environmental control, and community prosperity. At the same time, it can also have disruptive effects, with the marginalisation of actors that cannot cope with the change. When developing a novel system for rural areas, requirements engineers should carefully consider the specific socio-economic characteristics of the domain, so that potential positive effects can be maximised, while mitigating negative impacts. Objective: The goal of this paper is to sup…
Unholy alliance or way of the future?
2021
This chapter observes how recent Finnish municipal and regional cultural strategies signify and value culture. On the basis of a thematic analysis of 21 strategies, I construct three main categories of their 'culture speech': the first is to approach culture as an instrument that unites different administrative sectors, on the one hand, and helps them to achieve extra-cultural – mostly social and economic – objectives, on the other. The second, is where culture is attached to individuals and communities and their expressions. It is also seen as an 'instrument' benefitting and serving them. The third, is economic. Culture is associated with the cultural and creative industries, and with econ…
The Role of Culture in Regional Development Work — Changes and Tensions
2015
A worldwide trend in the integration of culture into regional development strategies has been taking place since the 1990s. This is a trend in which towns and cities have adopted culture-led development strategies in the hope of strengthening their competitive position (Miles and Paddison, 2005: 833–839). In China culture has even been regarded as a significant resource in village development strategies (Oakes, 2006: 13–37). The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report Culture and Local Development (2005) recommends the strengthening of communities’ cultural capital through education and work practice, as this is believed to have a beneficial effect on local and r…
A new approach to modelling the input-output structure of regional economies using non-survey methods
2021
AbstractThis paper proposes a new approach to the regionalization of national input–output tables where suitable regional data are scarce and analysts are considering using location quotients (LQs). We focus on the FLQ formula, which frequently yields the best results of the pure LQ-based methods, and develop an enhanced way of implementing this approach. We use a modified cross-entropy (MCE) method, along with a regression model, to estimate values of the unknown parameter δ in the FLQ formula, specific to both region and country. An analysis of survey-based data for 16 South Korean regions reveals that the proposed FLQ+ approach yields more accurate estimates of both input coefficients an…
Regional sustainability transition through forest-based bioeconomy? Development actors' perspectives on related policies, power, and justice
2022
Forests and forest-based bioeconomy have central roles in the contemporary sustainability transition. However, the transition towards a bioeconomy is loaded with tensions regarding economic growth, ecological integrity, and social justice. These tensions reproduce varying transition discourses. Political actors at the level of the European Union (EU) and nation states take part in the processes creating the discourses and aim to govern the forest bioeconomy-based transition in certain directions viewed as favourable. The transition tensions are strongly felt in regions that are rich with forest resources but poor in terms of economic and political power, called ‘forest peripheries’. In this…
Kaupungistuminen ja alueiden väliset tuloerot Suomessa
2023
Tämän analyysin keskeinen tutkimuskysymys on, missä aluekehityksessä mennään Suomessa. Analyysissa tarkastellaan suomalaisessa aluekehitystutkimuksessa saatuja tuloksia ja eritellään sekä aluekehityksen pitkää linjaa että sen viimeaikaista luonnetta kahden keskeisen määrittäjän, väestö- ja tulotietojen avulla. Kysymykset ovat: miten yhtäällä kaupungistuminen ja toisaalla alueellisten tuloerojen kehitys on edennyt? Empiirinen analyysi perustuu pääosin Tilastokeskuksen StatFin-tietokannasta poimittuihin, yhdistettyihin ja analysoituihin tietoihin. Alueellisen keskittymisen eli kaupungistumisen pitkää trendiä tarkastellaan väestötietojen avulla vuodesta 1880 alkaen. Toteutunutta alueellista ke…