[eng] Towards the new mosaic of rural regions . The aim of the paper is to approach a better understanding of the complexity of contempory rural change. One theme is the impact of policies ; the traditional rural policies and the state budget in general. It is argued that, in the Swedish case,...

This book analyses the spatial consequences of current transformation of the industrial structure and of public intervention in Sweden. The analysis is based on a number of empirical studies, not only in Sweden but for comparative reasons also in the state of North Carolina in the US, i.e....

The first years of the 90s have witnessed thorough political and economic changes in northern Europe. The long period of strong political separation between east and west and the less strong economic separation between the northern and southern sides of the Baltic Sea seemed to be replaced by...