Sweden is internationally renowned for its generous welfare state. However, over the past decades, changes in economic circumstances and population composition, as well as increasing population concentration in larger urban areas, have imposed new challenges to the Swedish model. What does this imply for individual and collective identity formation? Why and how have some places become more attractive than others? What individuals or groups prosper from these changes and who looses?

The authors of this anthology highlight social and political change in Sweden from different perspectives, based on various studies in urban and rural Sweden. They represent five disciplines: history, human geography, political science, social work and sociology. Contextualised by theories on place and identity, the book s ten chapters focus on ageing, lifestyle migration, rural landscape, place branding, group identity, religion, music, the school as a meeting place, unsafety and residential projects.

The participating authors are affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CUReS) at Örebro University, Sweden.

ÖVRIGT:
Mediatyp: Bok
Bandtyp: Häftad
Författare: Marco Eimermann, Ingemar Elander, Håkan Forsell, Charlotte Fridolfsson, Eva Gustavsson, Christina Hjorth Aronsson, Maja Lilja, Susanna Nordström, Monika Persson, Peter Sundström, Andreas K. G. Thörn, Anders Trumberg
Förlag: Santérus Förlag
Språk: Engelska
Omfång: 232 sidor
Mått (bxhxd): 143x215x16 mm
Vikt: 330 gram
Illustrerad: Nej
Serie: Santérus Academic Press

Streckkod: 9789173350440
SKU: 730672