Restructuring One-Company Towns

Grønlund, Inga Lena

doi:10.1177/096977649400100205

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Regional Industrial Policy in Norway and Spain

Fløysand

Jakobsen²,

Hernández

2014

Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development

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This chapter discusses the connection between changing ideas for regional policy formulation in Norway and Spain taking on a "scalar politics" framework. The analysis demonstrates that regional industrial policies are rooted in processes of downscaling in Norway and upscaling in Spain, while rescaling of regional policy away from being primarily a nationally controlled project is a universal concern. Another trend is that the policy instruments have become more homogeneous across communities and regions over the years. Thus, it seems that the Fordism and post-Fordism left more scope for contextual policies than the recent phase of "contextualism".

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Regional Industrial Policy in Norway and Spain

Fløysand

Jakobsen²,

Hernández

2014

Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development

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Sustainable Investment Policies in the Murmansk Region

Didyk¹,

Wiberg²

1998

The Nebi Yearbook 1998

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Hegemonic ideas and local adaptations: Development of the Norwegian regional restructuring instrument

Jakobsen¹,

Høvig²

2014

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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Policy instruments evolve over time. The authors elaborate on the development of an important initiative in regional policy in Norway, referred to as 'the restructuring instrument'. The Norwegian Government established the instrument in 1983, and it is still used as a means for addressing job losses in key industries in rural areas. The authors describe development trends and dominant modes of policy regulation in Western economies in the post-war period in relation to the profiles of local restructuring programmes. The first case, the 1988 restructuring programme in Mo i Rana, demonstrates the influence of Keynesian thinking in a Fordist mode of accumulation. The second case, the 1999 restructuring programme in Åmot, links neo-Schumpeterian policy thinking to post-Fordist economies. The third case, the 2008 restructuring programme in Ålvik, illustrates the operation of the instrument in a more regionalised world of tailor-made solutions. The article indicates a causal relationship between hegemonic ideas about policy formulation in the post-war Western economies and policy-practice at the local level.

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Restructuring One-Company Towns

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Regional Industrial Policy in Norway and Spain

Regional Industrial Policy in Norway and Spain

Sustainable Investment Policies in the Murmansk Region

Hegemonic ideas and local adaptations: Development of the Norwegian regional restructuring instrument

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