
Linda Stihl
Postdoc

Spinning forward and digging deeper : agency and changing institutions in old industrial regions
Författare
Summary, in English
The paper follows two Swedish cases, Borås and Kiruna, who both suffered from structural crisis during the 1970s and 1980s and a following outmigration. Borås used to be the national center for textile production, a female dominated industry that attracted labor from the whole of Europe during the hey days to secure enough labor. Kiruna, dominated by ore extraction, were forced to reduce number of employees and upgrade production following the steel crisis. The analysis starts in the crisis years and follows the two municipalities until today. The two regions have developed in different ways, Borås have upgraded within the textile industry and relatedly diversified in trade and logistics. Kiruna have upgraded within the mining industry and unrelatedly diversified into space and tourism. But what can we learn from two so different industrial regions? The paper unpacks contextual and institutional settings to follow perceived room for local agency and transition of institutions over almost five decades and enhances our understanding of changes in agency in a long-term perspective.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
- CIRCLE
Publiceringsår
2022-09-16
Språk
Engelska
Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Ämne
- Economic Geography
Nyckelord
- Agency
- Regional Development
- local culture
- informal institutions
- Change agency
Conference name
RSA Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Conference 2022
Conference date
2022-09-14 - 2022-09-17
Conference place
Leipzig, Germany
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Agents of Change in Old-industrial Regions in Europe