Frivillighet och tvång i komunstrukturreformerna i Finland 2005–2014

Sandberg, Siv

doi:10.18261/issn1504-3045-2014-02-05

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“…St Eskil's cemetery is located on the out skirts of Eskilstuna, in one of the county's largest burial areas, dating from the Late Iron Age. The cemetery originates from the end of the twentieth century and is with its 19 hectares the largest cemetery in Eskilstuna (Sandberg and Widmark 2020). It consists of fiftyeight sections separated by hedges, bushes or trees (see Figure 1).…”

Section: A Description Of St Eskil's Cemeterymentioning

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‘It is the greenness, the nature, it looks as if someone has taken care of the place very well’

Nordh

Wingren

2023

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This article is about experiences of a cemetery landscape: a physical space that was chosen as a depository for human remains, and where different memorial and disposal practices have developed behavioural patterns that together form a cemetery culture. Through qualitative research at St Eskil’s, Eskilstuna, Sweden, encompassing field observations and interviews (N=14) with stakeholders and people from the general public, we aim to describe and discuss the cemetery as a place and environment experienced from a perspective of people of diverse backgrounds. The study reveals important characteristics that facilitate designing, caretaking, developing and using cemeteries more generally. Findings show that most interviewees, independent for example of cultural or religious adherence, describe the cemetery as a beautiful natural or garden-like place. The well-maintained landscape is emphasized as a self-evident or impressive quality. The cemetery is experienced as ‘typically Swedish’ and described in terms of order and sense of care. Diversity in both design and multi-cultural and individual expressions are observed, acknowledged and welcomed. We conclude that nature (including a garden approach), care and diversity are key concepts that should be considered in design and development of future cemeteries.

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Section: A Description Of St Eskil's Cemeterymentioning

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‘It is the greenness, the nature, it looks as if someone has taken care of the place very well’

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Wingren

2023

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“…Finland's torturous recent reform history is a telling example. While a government-initiated reform in 2005-11 reduced the number of units by only about a quarter, a new reform attempt by the Katainen government in 2011-14 proved almost wholly ineffective (Sandberg, 2014).…”

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Local Government Reforms in Denmark and Norway: Reform Tools and Outcomes

Houlberg,

Klausen

2021

Local Government in Europe

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Since 2007, both Denmark and Norway have carried out structural reforms of their local government systems. Despite many similarities between the two highly decentralized countries in the same class of local government systems, the outcome of the two reforms differed substantially. Whereas the government of Denmark achieved comprehensive structural reform of its local government system, Norway’s government was a lot less successful. Less than one third of the local governments in Norway ended up actually merging. We ask what reform tools the two governments used for implementation of their respective reforms, how these tools were used, and how tool use can explain the different outcomes. A main conclusion is that the experienced Danish government’s strong Parliamentary support facilitated the use of stronger reform tools, as compared to Norway’s less experienced minority government.

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Frivillighet och tvång i komunstrukturreformerna i Finland 2005–2014

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‘It is the greenness, the nature, it looks as if someone has taken care of the place very well’

‘It is the greenness, the nature, it looks as if someone has taken care of the place very well’

Local Government Reforms in Denmark and Norway: Reform Tools and Outcomes

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