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- Assmo, Per, et al.
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An Alternative Time-Spatial Approach Towards Post-Monetarism
- 2011
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In: Uddevalla Symposium 2010. Innovation and Multidimensional Entrepreneurship - Economic, Social and Academic Aspects : Revised papers. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789163377471 ; , s. 71-84
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- Assmo, Per, et al.
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An Alternative View of Integrated Sustainable Development Through a Time-Spatial Lens
- 2012
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In: OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development. - : Ontario International Development Agency. - 1923-6654 .- 1923-6662. ; 3:12, s. 87-96
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The conventional monetary market oriented economic view of development is the dominant approach of development, despite its shortcomings and inability to include social and environmental aspects into long term processes of change. Essential values are often concealed or even excluded in conventional monetary analyses, which are fundamental for integrated sustainable livelihoods.Using a time-spatial perspective, building on Hägerstrand’s time-geography, this article aims to elaborate upon an alternative conceptual development approach. The time-spatial model open for an alternative constructive approach to analyze and physically anchoring socio-economic and ecological processes extended over time. Such a view thereby contrasts and reaches beyond the conventional monetary market growth strategy.Combining the conceptual discussion with empirical illustrations from rural livelihoods in Sweden, the article highlight new alternative political-economic analytical tools and strategies to achieve sustainable sound integrated socio-, economic-, and ecological development processes.
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- Assmo, Per, 1964-, et al.
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En annan kommunal ekonomi : om andra sätt att värdera lokala resurser och aktiviteter : bilder från Ydre kommun
- 2014
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Book (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Med denna bok vill vi vidga perspektiven och visa på möjligheter att se kommunal ekonomi i ett bredare perspektiv och söka en annan kommunal ekonomi. Vi vill visa att det i en landsbygdskommun och dess bygder finns och används mer resurser för att skapa välfärd och ett gott liv än det som i dag räknas och därmed syns i den kommunala ekonomin där man räknar kronor och ören. Genom att vända och utveckla perspektiven kring ekonomi vill vi peka på behovet av att se och synliggöra fler resurser som gör att resurshushållning utifrån lokala förutsättningar bidrar till en integrerad och hållbar utveckling för landsbygden.
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- Assmo, Per
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From Global to Local
- 2014
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In: Uddevalla Symposium 2014. Geography of Growth. The Frequency, Nature and Consequences of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Regions of Varying Density. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531026 ; , s. 85-96
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- Assmo, Per, et al.
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Local alternative development through a time-spatial lens : A case study of Ydre inspired by Hägerstrand
- 2012
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In: Entrepreneurship, Social Capital And Governance. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781781002834 - 978 1 78100 284 1 ; , s. 378-391
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In the contemporary market-oriented society, we seem to be more globally interdependent. The market economy system enhances large-scale production where search for increased productivity strives to 'compress' time. At the same time, the market economy tends to expand in space, for example sells products over longer distances. A result of this 'space expansion' and 'time compression' through the conventional economic market system is that local small-scale production and trade have increasing difficulty in competing and surviving (Assmo and Wihlborg, 2007). Even so, conventional economic growth (valued in monetary terms) is commonly seen as the only way to cure any development problem arising from poverty, unemployment, crime, pollution and depletion of natural resources. In a provocative manner similar to Daly (1992), one can argue that this conventional monetary valued growth perspective is trapped in a terminal state of 'growthmania'. People's organization of daily activities to improve or sustain their livelihood is much more than what is generally calculated and thereby shown in monetary values.
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- Assmo, Per, 1964-, et al.
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Local Alternative Development through a Time-Spatial Lens : A Case Study of Ydre Inspired by Hägerstrand
- 2013
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In: Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance. - : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781781002834 - 1781002835 ; , s. 378-391
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. In recent decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth. However, most entrepreneurship research is undertaken without considering the fundamental importance of the regional context. Other research has emphasized the role of social capital but there are substantial problems in empirically relating measures of social capital to regional economic development.The expert contributors to this work highlight the role of governance in regional growth, an area that has so far been relatively under-researched, underpinning their findings with new theoretical and empirical evidence. They conclude that the relationship between entrepreneurship, social capital and governance in factors affecting regional economic development are complex and interdependent, and that to influence these factors and the relationship between them, policymakers must have a long-term perspective and be both patient and persistent in their efforts.This enlightening book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers across a range of fields including regional science, regional economics, economic geography, regional planning, public policy, entrepreneurship, political science and economic sociology. Policymakers involved in regional policymaking from national down to regional and local levels will also find the book to be an illuminating read.
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- Assmo, Per, 1964-, et al.
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Public Services Choices When There Are No Alternatives? : A Paradox of New Public Management in Rural Areas
- 2012
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In: Journal of Rural and Community Development. - 1712-8277. ; 7:2, s. 1-17
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- There is a common decrease in services in rural areas around the world. This is not at least the case regarding public services, since the decreasing population also decreases the resources available for local public services. The aim of this article is to critically analyse challenges of New Public Management in a rural area community in Sweden to discuss the complex double management role (as employer and as service provider) of the rural municipality. The core of NPM is based on a private sector ethos and is thus also heavily influenced by corporate sector techniques and management. In this paradigm cost effectiveness and efficiency become the dominant considerations for how the state is run. It becomes even more problematic in rural areas without a critical mass of customers (former citizens) and additional costs for transportation. This is illustrated by a discussion of local schools. The analysis shows that even non-monetary resources should be taken into account to reach legitimate policy changes in rural communities. This opens for a creative discussion on time-spatial localized policy-making including extending the interpretations of local resources.
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- Berry, Martin
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Sockentänk : En studie av två deltagardemokratiska experiment i Ydre kommun
- 2013
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Licentiate thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Ydre är Östergötlands minsta kommun. Här bor knappt 3700 människor och kommunen kämpar med att anpassar sina verksamheter efter typiska glesbygdsproblem som minskande invånarantal, små barnkullar och en ökande andel äldre. Ydre kommun arbetar därför aktivt för att förändra och förbättra villkoren för kommuninvånarna. Som ett led i detta har Ydre i mer än ett decennium arbetat med deltagardemokratiska experiment för att främja medborgarnas delaktighet och insyn i den kommunala politiken.I denna licentiatuppsats studeras genom abduktiva metoder två deltagardemokratiska experiment i Ydre kommun, närmare bestämt invånarsamråd 2009 och lokala utvecklingsplaneprocesser 2010. Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa och analysera om och i så fall hur deltagardemokratiska experiment i Ydre kommun påverkade beslutsprocesser i det representativa demokratiska systemet.De två deltagardemokratiska experimenten studeras utifrån ett aktör-strukturperspektiv för att på så sätt synliggöra hur lokal demokrati i en svensk landsbygdskommun kan konstrueras. Genom detta analytiska perspektiv framträder särskilt den politiska betydelsen av plats och starka lokala identiteter i Ydre kommun.Vid invånarsamråden 2009 bjöd Ydre kommun in till öppna samtal i de olika kommundelarna, eller socknarna som de fortfarande kallas i Ydre. De lokala utvecklingsplaneprocesserna 2010 däremot, fokuserade på lokalt utvecklingsarbete på tre specifika orter i Ydre kommun. De deltagardemokratiska experimentens olika utformning bidrog till att processerna i olika utsträckning påverkade beslutsprocesser i det representativa demokratiska systemet. Även hur de deltagardemokratiska experimentens demokratiska syften kommunicerades till och inom olika aktörskategorier varierade, vilket också påverkade processernas demokratiska resultat. Behovet av att planera för, tydliggöra och kommunicera det demokratiska syftet med deltagardemokratiska experiment är här ett av studiens tydligaste resultat. I den specifika kontexten i Ydre kommun visar studien också tydligt på vikten av att ta hänsyn till och inkorporera de starka lokala identiteterna i kommunala deltagardemokratiska processer.
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