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Territorial cohesion under pressure? Welfare policy and planning responses in Austrian and Swedish Peripheries

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  • Elisabeth Gruber
  • Daniel Rauhut
  • Alois Humer

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Austria and Sweden were both relatively unaffected by the economic crisis, challenges of the provision of welfare still exist, at least in peripheries. Economic downturn and outmigration have limited demands and increased the costs for services of general interest. This paper aims to discuss welfare policy and planning strategies for peripheries from a planning cultural sensitive perspective. It will answer how much the value of territorial cohesion is under pressure for peripheries in traditional welfare states, identifying a mismatch between policy levels. The results indicate a stepwise mainstreaming of competitiveness goals in favour of urban regions, leaving the challenges of peripheries to policy responses of single municipalities. Aunque Austria y Suecia no se vieron afectadas relativamente por la crisis económica, siguen existiendo problemas en la prestación de servicios sociales, al menos en las periferias. La recesión económica y la emigración han limitado las demandas y han aumentado los costos de los servicios de interés general. Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir las políticas de bienestar y las estrategias de planificación para las periferias desde una perspectiva de planificación culturalmente consciente. El artículo indica hasta qué punto el valor de la cohesión territorial se encuentra bajo presión para las periferias en los estados de bienestar tradicionales, e identifica una disparidad entre los niveles de las políticas. Los resultados indican una integración gradual de los objetivos de competitividad en favor de las regiones urbanas, que deja que las respuestas a los retos de las periferias vengan de las políticas individuales de cada municipio. オーストリアとスウェーデンは、いずれも世界金融危機の影響をそれほど受けておらず、少なくとも周辺地域では福祉の提供の課題がまだ存在している。景気低迷と人口流出により需要が少なく、一般的なサービスの費用を上昇させている。本稿では、計画立案の文化に敏感な観点から、周辺地域のための福祉政策と戦略計画を考察する。考察から、地域的結束の価値がどのくらい、伝統的福祉国家の周辺地域への圧力を受けているかを明らかにし、政策レベル間のミスマッチを認識する。結果は、周辺地域の課題を一つの自治体の政策対応に任せたまま、都市部に有利な競争のゴールが段階的にメインストリーム化されていることを指摘するものである。

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  • Elisabeth Gruber & Daniel Rauhut & Alois Humer, 2019. "Territorial cohesion under pressure? Welfare policy and planning responses in Austrian and Swedish Peripheries," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(1), pages 115-132, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:1:p:115-132
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12344
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