Fighting for public health : how a Swedish rural community confronted neoliberal cutbacks

• The rural communities in the Västernorrland county of Northern Sweden are not used to being in the national spotlight, but in 2017 their struggle to stop cutbacks in maternity and emergency care made national news. What are the lessons for all those involved in building counter-power in rural areas of the Global North?

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography (hsv//eng)

Keyword

political contention

health care

welfare retrenchment

sparsely populated areas

social movements

Social and Economic Geography

kulturgeografi

Publication and Content Type

pop (subject category)

rap (subject category)