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  • 1.
    Alemir, Sara
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    EPA (aka A-Traktor) Girl Greasers in Sweden: Girlhood in Motion?2023In: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, ISSN 1103-3088, E-ISSN 1741-3222, Vol. 31, no 1, p. 73-86Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article focuses on girlhood in one of the youth subcultures of rural Sweden, EPA greasers. The EPA, a car that Swedes aged 15 and older can legally drive, is at the centre of EPA culture. In this uniquely and previously male Swedish youth greaser culture, there has been a recent increase in the number of Swedish girls driving EPAs. Previous research has shown how EPA culture and EPA girlhood are shaped through distancing from hegemonic urban and middle-class norms and ideology. In this article, we seek to develop an understanding of EPA culture, specifically the ways in which it has been adopted by girls. Starting out from their online performances, we will explore how place, femininity and resistance intersect. The findings demonstrate how EPA girls use a playful way of troubling norms in their online performances, understood here as space and outlet to resist and mess around with dominant discourses and prejudice. This can also be understood as a way of talking back to masculinity, the majority society and urbanity.

  • 2.
    Alirani, Gertrud
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    "Det är inte så lätt och samtidigt, det är inte så svårt": Slutrapport från projektet: Ökade kunskaper om Östersunds kommuns integrationsservice2019Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med studien har varit att  skapa kunskap om hur användarna av Östersunds kommuns integrationsinsatser för nyanlända upplevs av användarna själva. Eftersom insatserna från integrationsservice varierar beroende på hur den nyanlända har kommit till kommunen har urvalet av informanter skett utifrån kategorierna: anläggningsboende (ABO), eget boende (EBO), anhöriginvandrad eller kvotflykting. Avsikten med studien är att dess resultat ska kunna användas för att utveckla integrationsservice verksamhet. Östersunds kommun har valt att organisera en del av integrationsarbetet med nyanlända genom integrationsservice.  Det innebär att integrationsservice har ett särskilt ansvar för mottagandet av nyanlända kommunplacerade flyktingar som kommit genom anvisning från Migrationsverkets anläggningsboende (ABO) eller som kvotflykting. 

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  • 3.
    Andresen, Edith
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business, Economics and Law.
    Lidén, GustavMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.Nyhlén, SaraMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Hållbarhetens många ansikten - samtal, forskning och fantasier2017Collection (editor) (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna publikation Hållbarhetens många ansiktenär en del av de resultat som kommer frånprojektet Hållbart Samhällsbyggande (HåSa):Från mellersta Norrland till Europas glesabygder. HåSa-projektet har via Tillväxtverketbeviljats stöd ur den Europeiska regionalautvecklingsfonden och i denna antologi harmånga aktörer som ingår i projektet medverkat.Arbetet med publikationen inleddes vid enworkshop i Sollefteå i slutet av september 2016.Vi drevs då av en strävan efter att hållbarhetsarbetetpå flera sätt behöver gå snabbare och blimer omfattande och att vi behöver samarbetaöver ämnesgränser inom akademin, men äventillsammans med aktörer utanför akademin.Ett drygt år senare finns nu denna antologi,efter både kreativt och intensivt samarbete, ochden utgör ett konkret resultat av de tankar somföddes i Sollefteå.

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  • 4.
    Andresen, Edith
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business, Economics and Law.
    Lidén, Gustav
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Skärningspunkter som grund2017In: Hållbarhetens många ansikter: samtal, forskning och fantasier / [ed] Edith Andresen, Gustav Lidén och Sara Nyhlén, Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University , 2017, p. 12-17Chapter in book (Other academic)
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  • 5.
    Andresen, Edith
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business, Economics and Law.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    ”Sveriges största trygghetsboende”: hur hållbart är det.2017In: Hållbarhetens många ansikten: samtal, forskning och fantasier / [ed] Edith Andresen, Gustav Lidén, Sara Nyhlén, Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University , 2017, p. 21-29Chapter in book (Other academic)
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  • 6.
    Bellman, Lina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business, Economics and Law.
    Gebert-Persson, Sabine
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business, Economics and Law.
    Öhman, Peter
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business, Economics and Law.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Olofsdotter, Gunilla
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Kvarnlöf, Linda
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Lidén, Gustav
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Olofsson, Anna
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Att vända det onda till gott: möjligheter till nytänkande i mellersta Norrland till följd av den demografiska förändringen2015Report (Other academic)
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  • 7.
    Bolin, Niklas
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, SaraMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.Olausson, Pär M.Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Lokalt beslutsfattande2015Collection (editor) (Other academic)
  • 8.
    Bolin, Niklas
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, SaraMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.Olausson, Pär M.Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Lokalt beslutsfattande2022Collection (editor) (Other academic)
  • 9.
    Bolin, Niklas
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Olausson, Pär M.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Lokalt beslutsfattande - avslutande reflektioner2015In: Lokalt beslutsfattande / [ed] Bolin, N., Nyhlén, S. & Olausson, P.M., Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2015, p. 169-176Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 10.
    Bolin, Niklas
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Olausson, Pär M.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Lokalt beslutsfattande - avslutande reflektioner2022In: Lokalt beslutsfattande / [ed] Niklas Bolin; Sara Nyhlén: Pär Olausson, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022, p. 253-259Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 11.
    Brännström, Lotta
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    de Lange, Naydene
    Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth.
    Gillander Gådin, Katja
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Mitchell, Claudia
    McGill University, Montreal.
    Moletsane, Relebohile
    University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Picturing rurality and its gendered dimension – South Africa vs Sweden2017Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 12.
    Brännström, Lotta
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Gillander Gådin, Katja
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    TGRAN: A Transnational Study of the Intersections of Rurality, Gender and violence Against Women2018Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 13.
    Brännström, Lotta
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Gillander Gådin, Katja
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Girls’ Perspectives on Gendered Violence in Rural Sweden: Photovoice as a Method for Increased Knowledge and Social Change2020In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, E-ISSN 1609-4069, Vol. 19Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Research has shown for decades that gendered violence against girls and women is a major public health problem with devastating long-term health consequences for individuals and communities alike. Knowledge of gendered violence against girls and young women thus needs to be increased not only in urban, but also in rural areas, and from girls’ own perspectives. Research methods should also be developed that will facilitate the possibility of reaching policy makers, i.e. to reach those with the power to bring about social change. This study had two main goals. The first was to use photovoice as a methodology to gain increased knowledge about gendered violence against girls and young women in rural Sweden, while the second was to discuss the potential of reaching social change through photovoice as well as offer some critique. We worked with 35 adolescent girls enrolled in an upper secondary school in rural Sweden. Six workshops, which focused on (un)safety, different forms of violence, and the consequences of violence, were analyzed with an action-oriented approach and content analysis. The photovoice material also resulted in an exhibition that was used to reach policy makers. The findings show that the girls’ ability to control their own lives was limited and that a number of different situations in their everyday lives were related to a reduced sense of space and reduced sense of agency. The findings also highlight that the girls were constantly sexually harassed online, which created a feeling of being unable to escape. We argue that photovoice is suitable in mediating girls’ perspectives and in engaging and informing key policy makers, although the method alone cannot assure social change. 

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  • 14.
    Brännström, Lotta
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Gillander Gådin, Katja
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    “You are so ugly, you whore”- girls in rural Sweden discuss and address gendered violence2020In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, ISSN 1748-2623, E-ISSN 1748-2631, Vol. 15, no 1, article id 1695308Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Girls face gendered violence on an everyday basis, and this may have severe health consequences. Purpose: The aim of this study was to learn about gendered violence facing girls in rural Sweden in their everyday life, as it is experienced by the girls themselves. Method: Using the photovoice method, we worked with 35 girls in an upper secondary school, aged between 16 and 20, to explore how they navigated social spaces and developed strategies for increased safety. Results: Thematic analysis revealed two main themes (constant fear and strategies) and four sub themes (fear of being raped, fear of being labelled and excluded, being “appropriately” sexually active, and appearance and performance for increased feelings of safety). Conclusion: We considered how gendered violence facing girls led to fear and marginalization in a range of situations and interactions. Consequently, girls occupied significantly smaller social spaces compared to boys, and we argue that this was reproduced and upheld through everyday practices informed by hegemonic masculinity and performativity.

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  • 15.
    Carlsson, Fredrik
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Natural Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Hållbart samhällsbyggande: statsvetenskapliga och biologiska perspektiv2017In: Hållbarhetens många ansikten: samtal, forskning och fantasier / [ed] Edith Andresen, Gustav Lidén, Sara Nyhlén, Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University , 2017, p. 72-79Chapter in book (Other academic)
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  • 16. Degerman, Peter
    et al.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Inledning2020In: Kulturell hållbarhet – vad är det?: Om begreppets innehåll, användning och vetenskapliga relevans / [ed] Peter Degerman Katarina Giritli Nygren Sara Nyhlén, Halmstad: Makadam Förlag, 2020Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 17.
    Degerman, Peter
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, KatarinaMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.Nyhlén, SaraMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Kulturell hållbarhet - vad är det?: Om begreppets innehåll, användning och vetenskapliga relevans2020Collection (editor) (Refereed)
  • 18.
    Ek, Jens
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Giritly Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    En kartläggning av hur kommuner i Västernorrland hanterar frågan med socialt utsatta EU-medborgare2017Report (Other academic)
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  • 19.
    Fatty, Mariama
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    (O)kodade rum för rörelse: En analys av hinder och möjligheter för inkluderande spontanaktivitetsanläggningar2018Report (Other academic)
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  • 20.
    Gidlund, Katarina L
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Communication, Quality Management, and Information Systems (2023-).
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Digital cultural policy in Sweden: Cultural imaginations of the digital era, or digitized cultural marketization?2023In: Digital Transformation and Cultural Policies in Europe, Informa UK Limited , 2023, p. 86-102Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter critically explores and analyses the framing of digitalization in current cultural public policy in Sweden to reach a deeper understanding of how the idea of digitalization is narrated and what kind of desired outcomes surface in these narratives. It is based on a thematic analysis of eight policy documents departing from Andrew Feenberg’s two-fold understanding of technology, as both essence and construct, in order to disclose the dominant and formative narratives of digitalization. As such, the chapter contributes to digital cultural policy research with a national-specific analysis of policy narratives on expectations and goals coupled with digital transformation. 

  • 21.
    Gillander Gådin, Katja
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Mitchell, Claudia
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Studying the intersections of rurality, gender and violence against girls and young women:: An urgent matter in both the Global North and the Global South2015In: Being young in a neoliberal time: Transnational perspectives on challenges and possibilities for resistance and social change / [ed] Katja Gillander Gådin and Claudia Mitchell, Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University , 2015, p. 109-120Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    INTRODUCTION

    Violence against girls and women is a global problem, not only for the victim herself, but also for society in general (Garcia-Moreno, 2002). In the case of women with children, violence is also a problem for these children. A multi-country study on violence against women in 15 sites and 10 different countries, mainly low-income, shows that there are wide variations in prevalence between and among settings (World Health Organization, 2005). The differences were not only between countries but also between rural and urban areas within a country, with overall levels of violence against women consistently higher in rural than in urban settings. This means that we need to take space and place into account in studies of violence against girls and women. To date, the links between place and sexual violence against girls and women is an understudied area. Indeed, as Sandberg (2013) notes, the study of intimate partner violence and other forms of sexual violence in rural settings, in particular, may in fact be a blind spot in intersectional research.She calls fora consideration of how place may intersect with such constructs as class, ethnicity, race, gender, and sexuality. To this list we would add age, with the idea that addressing violence against girls and young women is a particularly critical concern in relation to ensuring safety and security for a new generation. The urban condition and life in the city as studied in relation to migration, housing, social supports, and violence itself (including sexual violence) is typically taken up in research that ranges from a focus on townships and informal settlements in the Global South through to thestudy of urban sites in the Global North. However, while the trend for people to live in urban spaces is increasing, this does not mean that there are no social issues that need to be addressed in rural settings; in the context of declining resources and state provisioning, rural life presents its own challenges. There is also a discursive construction of the rural areas that is characterized by higher rates of sick leave, higher unemployment, and the migration of young people away from the area. Added to this is the perception that rurality does not contribute to the economic development of the country (Nyhlén, 2013, Eriksson, 2008). This way of describing the rural can be regarded as an act of othering in that it positions rurality as the other in relation to the urban/center. In this way center and periphery are somehow interdependently constructed. Urbanization itself is built on the premise that resources are taken from the periphery and used in the center (Andersson, Ek & Molina 2008).We stress the importance of asking questions about what it means to study rurality and about how we can create research that goes beyond images of a declining rurality, not forgetting in this process, to ask questions about how rurality is gendered. The purpose, then, of this chapter is to address the necessity of understanding violence against young girls and women by theorizing the relationships between and among place, gender, and violence, particularly in relation to rurality. We do this by first contextualizing our arguments, focusing on three country contexts—Canada, South Africa, and Sweden. We then address three particularly important areas: (1) place-based gender and ethnic regimes, (2) rural vulnerabilities, and (3) local policy enactment.

  • 22.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Johansson, AndersMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities.Nyhlen, SaraMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.Söderberg, EvaMid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities.
    Ko: Festskrift till Siv Fahlgren2016Collection (editor) (Other academic)
  • 23.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Artikulationer av femininitet, politiska subjekt och agens i neoliberala styrningsnätverk2016In: Ambivalenser och maktordningar: Feministiska läsningar av nyliberalism / [ed] Siv Fahlgren, Diana Mulinari & Angelika Sjöstedt Landén, Stockholm: Makadam Förlag, 2016Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 24.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Femininitet och agens i nyliberala styrningsnätverk2016In: Ambivalenser och maktordningar: Feministiska läsningar av nyliberalism / [ed] Siv Fahlgren, Diana Mulinari, Angelika Sjöstedt Landén, Makadam Förlag, 2016Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 25.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Mapping the ruling relations of work in rural eldercare intersections of gender, digitalization and the centre-periphery divide2017In: Journal of Rural Studies, ISSN 0743-0167, E-ISSN 1873-1392, Vol. 54, p. 337-343Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 26.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Normalising welfare boundaries: A feminist analysis of Swedish municipalities' handling of vulnerable EU citizens2017In: Társadalmi Nemek Tudománya Interdiszciplináris eFolyóirat, ISSN 2062-7084, Vol. 7, no 2, p. 24-40Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The so-called freedom of movement granted to EU citizens has made it easier for economically deprived EU citizens to seek their livelihood beyond the borders of their homelands and this has created one of our time’s most socially excluded groups. In Sweden, over the recent years they have come to be known as vulnerable EU citizens. This article analyses what happens when there are no unified regulations as to how Swedish municipalities should prevent social exclusion among those who are not Swedish citizens. Our purpose is to study how officials and politicians normalize certain beliefs with regard to the (im)possibility of providing support to socially-excluded EU citizens residing in their municipalities. The material used in the study is interviews with officials and politicians in Västernorrland, a region of northern Sweden. The study shows that in the absence of common guidelines the normalization of Swedish citizenship has taken place as the basis of the rights to welfare. It is Swedish citizenship that provides you with access to the community; at the same time, it is this community which must be guarded. Prohibition of EU citizens is commonly legitimized by a concern for the municipality’s citizens as if the closing down of the settlements makes social exclusion seize to exist or at least seize to be a problem for the municipalities. This narrative illustrates that it is the settlements and their flaws, rather than the inhabitants’ social exclusion in a broader context that are perceived as problematic.

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  • 27.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Tärandets kartografi: styrningsrelationer med betydelse för arbetsmiljö i glesbygdens äldreomsorg2015In: Sprickor, öppningar & krackeleringar: nya perspektiv på arbetsmiljö / [ed] Angelika Sjöstedt Landén, Gunilla Olofsdotter, Malin Bolin, Mittuniversitetet , 2015, p. 49-68Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 28.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Böge, Rozalie
    University of Vienna.
    Att läsa vägval: Om hem, tillhörighet och platsgörande2020In: Kulturell hållbarhet – vad är det?: Om begreppets innehåll, användning och vetenskapliga relevans / [ed] Peter Degerman Katarina Giritli Nygren Sara Nyhlén, Halmstad: Makadam Förlag, 2020, p. 97-114Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 29.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Böge, Rozalie
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Reading the Routes: Exploring experiences of place-making through refugees' photographs, walks, and narratives in a Swedish town2022In: Embodied Violence and Agency in Refugee Regimes: Anthropological Perspectives, Transcript Verlag, 2022, p. 267-284Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 30.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Gillander Gådin, Katja
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences.
    Kvarboende vid marknadens ände: Boendeformer, genus och hälsa i regional politik och praktik2014Report (Other academic)
  • 31.
    Giritli Nygren, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Öhman, Peter
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism.
    Hållbart Samhällsbyggande (HåSa): Om (o)möjligheten att förena olika hållbarhetsdimensioner2019Report (Other academic)
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  • 32.
    Johansson, Anders
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Jonsson, Bengt-Gunnar
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Natural Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Att byta bulle mot sockerkaka. En interdisciplinär fikastund om kultur och hållbarhet2020In: Kulturell hållbarhet – vad är det?: Om begreppets innehåll, användning och vetenskapliga relevans / [ed] Peter Degerman, Katarina Giritli Nygren & Sara Nyhlén, Göteborg: Makadam Förlag, 2020Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 33.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Challenging Steering: Public and Private relations within Swedish integration policy2016Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 34.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Contradictions in government steering: analyzing the Swedish establishment reform2014Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In December 2010 significant parts of Swedish migration policy were changed. Through ”establishment reform” a centralization was implemented in which the national level took over the responsibility of municipalities for the establishment of newly arrived immigrants. In today's system, the responsibility is shared between several authorities, and the municipalities, the Swedish Public Employment Service, the County Councils, the Swedish Migration Board, and publicly financed private services are the central actors. Recent governmental reports have described the current situations as being characterized by coordination problems and shortcomings in accountability. Having that said, this policy creates an institutional landscape that spans both vertical and horizontal dimensions, reflecting several levels of the public administration and, simultaneously, actors that originate from the governmental, regional, local, and private sectors. In this article we present one of the first Swedish studies on this reformed policy area and apply theoretically founded ideal types for analyzing the governing within the reform. Hence, the focus of the article is to analyze the complex steering processes that arise when the two quite contradictory elements of centralization and governance emerges. We examine one Swedish region in which parts of the establishment reform was applied as a pilot project before being applied to the rest of Sweden. Results are theoretically unexpected, both giving results of traits of governance steering but also of top-down perspectives and great restrictions for involved actors.

  • 35.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Forced cooperation from above: The case of Sweden's establishment reform2015In: Policy Studies, ISSN 0144-2872, E-ISSN 1470-1006, Vol. 36, no 5, p. 468-486Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In December 2010, significant parts of Swedish integration policy were changed. Through the ‘establishment reform’, a centralization was implemented in which the national level overtook the responsibility of municipalities for the establishment of newly arrived immigrants. In today's system, the responsibility is shared between several authorities, the municipalities, and publicly financed private actors. Recent governmental reports have described the current situation as being characterized by coordination problems and shortcomings in accountability. This policy creates an institutional landscape that spans both vertical and horizontal dimensions, reflecting several levels of the public administration and actors that originate from several sectors. The purpose of this article is to explore the governance of Swedish integration policy, with a theoretical focus derived from the ideal types of hierarchy, market, and network. We examine one Swedish region in which parts of the establishment reform were applied as a pilot project before being applied to the rest of Sweden. The theoretically driven results are unexpected in that they reveal traits of governance steering but also of top-down perspectives and restrictions for involved actors in a way that counteracts theoretical logics.

  • 36.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Stockholms Universitet.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Neoliberal Steering in Swedish Integration Policy: the Rise and Fall of Introduction Guides2019In: Offentlig Förvaltning. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, ISSN 2000-8058, E-ISSN 2001-3310, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 23-40Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In the past decades, many policy sectors within European countries have encountered political reforms of neoliberal character. One of the key shifts has been the reorientation of public employment services that has been enforced, for example, through the establishment of what have been denoted as quasi-markets. Simultaneously with the rise of quasi-markets, welfare policy as a whole, including integration policy, has beenincreasingly oriented toward “activation”, with its focus on the individual’s obligationsand duties in relation to welfare services. These circumstances pose particular challenges to those charged with the governance of welfare services due to increasingly complex requirements for collaboration and control involving a multitude of actors. The reform is an example of a hybrid system where for- and non-profit actors compete for the“customer”, in this case, the newly arrived immigrant. This article focuses on the changes in Swedish integration reform as an archetype of these changes and studies a clearly defined case study. Empirically, this study draws from both documents and interviews. The article illustrates an unregulated and ill-monitored policy containing a model that comprises mixed modes of steering. The governance of the reform bears traits from both centralist and cooperative forms of governance and, thereby, involves competing philosophies of steering.

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  • 37.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Public and private networks in a multi-level perspective: A case of Swedish migration policy2013Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In recent governmental reports, the migration policy area has been pointed out asbeing characterized by coordination problems and shortcomings in accountability.In today's system, the responsibility is shared between several authorities, and themunicipalities, the Swedish Public Employment Service, the County Councils, theSwedish Migration Board, and publicly financed private services are the centralactors. Having that said, Swedish migration policy represents an archetypalexample of a complex governing process that spans several vertical levels andincludes a variety of actors with sometimes- conflicting responsibilities. Our studyhas the purpose of inquiring into governing within the “establishment reform”,and we base it on interviews with key actors and derive from theoretical idealtypes of networks, markets, and hierarchies. The results are somewhat unexpected.Networking structures run parallel with uncertainties concerning responsibilitiesin this area. Although this is a general flaw in such forms of governance, theaspects of combining this model with strong constraints in self-governance aremore unexpected. Hence, networks are forced to have a top-down perspective,combined with great restrictions in autonomy for the involved actors.

  • 38.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Steering of integration policy: Public Private Relations within the Swedish Case2016Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 39.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    Stockholms Universitet.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Qvist, Martin
    Stockholms Universitet.
    Marknadsreformer innebär stora utmaningar2019Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 40.
    Lidén, Gustav
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Löfqvist, Micael
    Ringbro, Annelie
    Kompetenscenter, Timrå kommun.
    Hur samordnande insatser kan underlätta integrationsprocesser2022Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 41.
    Lindblad-Gidlund, Katarina
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Computer and System science.
    Larsson, Anders
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Avstamp: Innovationskraft i offentlig sektor2016Report (Other academic)
  • 42.
    Lund, Pontus
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Lidén, Gustav
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Who talks and who listens? A qualitative analysis of citizen dialogues in rural Sweden2022In: Local Government Studies, ISSN 0300-3930, E-ISSN 1743-9388, Vol. 48, no 1, p. 129-149Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Inclusion in local policy processes through citizen dialogue has been depicted as both the solution to many democratic challenges and a democratic problem in itself. Nevertheless, it has been widely adopted throughout Europe. The hierarchically flat, co-governing setup of these instruments can be expected to clash with representative-heavy political cultures, such as that in Sweden, which raises questions about what role they end up having in this context and whether they complement representative democracy. By conducting a comparative study of two rural Swedish municipalities, we confirmed that traditional, hierarchical governance indeed dominates the studied processes. Our results also suggest that, due to skewed participation and unclear input handling, the studied instrument does not appear to constitute a viable complementary democratic institution in terms of representation. Instead, we argue that, conducted in this way, it may potentially fill a range of different purposes without aspiring to fully complement representative democracy.

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  • 43.
    Lund, Pontus
    et al.
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Lidén, Gustav
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Who talks and who listens?: analyzing citizen dialogs in a rural context2020Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Although debated, inclusion of citizens into policy processes is often presented as solutions to a range of democratic challenges, such as demand for influence in local issues, growing gaps between politicians and citizens and declining political engagement. This study aims to examine the role of such instruments at the local level, by looking specifically at the input side of processes in rural Swedish municipalities. By studying the recruitment and composition of participants, as well as the organizers' strategy for selection, this study will be able to show the representativeness of participatory events. Further, by studying which of the participants that are actually expressing their opinion and how this is reflected in official documentation, this study will give a better understanding about what input that is able to make its way into the policy process. Studying these aspects of the input side of the policy process will show the preconditions for actual citizen influence and indicate how well these instruments can be argued to complement traditional political participation. A tentative result is that representativeness generally is heavily skewed and that active participation follows that of most traditional political participation. The studied municipalities are aware of these problems and try to address them by hosting supplementary venues with specific groups in mind. They do, however, also regard building these instruments for inclusion as a learning process, which will increase in quality over time. Further, the point of these instruments is not only, or even primarily, to complement representative democracy through inclusion into policy making, but rather to strengthen trust, to gain support for policy and to tie otherwise competing parts of the municipality closer together. This gives a complex image of a type of instrument that seems to fill a range of different purposes but not yet that of complementing representative democracy.

  • 44.
    Nyhlen, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Entreprenöriella politiker - en typ av politiskt entreprenörskap2011In: Politikens entreprenörskap: kreativ problemlösning och förändring / [ed] Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg, Elin Wihlborg, Liber, 2011, p. 132-156Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 45.
    Nyhlén, Jon
    et al.
    Stockholms Universitet.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Lidén, Gustav
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Governing through public and private relations: The case of Swedish integration policy2017Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 46.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Går det så går det2012Conference paper (Other academic)
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    Regional utvecklingspolitik i förändring
  • 47.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
    Memories and imaginations –a memory work based on the readings of the novel ’To the Girls in the Lake’2019In: Abstracts, 2019Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 48.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Politiska- och policyentreprenörer som aktörer i en governancekontext: –vilka implikationer får det?2013In: Regioner, Regionalism och Entreprenörskap: Festskrift till Marie-Louise von Bergmann Winberg / [ed] Pär Olausson & Jon Nyhlén, Mittuniversitetet , 2013, p. 105-119Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 49.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Regionalpolitik i förändring: en fallstudie av regionalpolitikens aktörer och former i Åre kommun2013Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Regional politics is changing; it is transforming from being mainly a responsibility of the central state to a concern that is more for the regional or local governments. At the same time, there are signs of a transformation of the political system in general. The development indicates a decreasing hierarchy as the power of the state is challenged and the political agents are increasing in number. This indicates that the political agents are changing but there are also indications that the political forms are transforming. The politics is increasingly characterised by project and process politics, networks, cooperation and partnerships. This transformation is generally described as the transformation “from government to governance”. New governance is one of the most frequently discussed issues in contemporary political science literature, and this has led to a wide variety of conceptualizations. Considering the changing regional politics and general changes as the political forms and agents, this thesis studies who governs the regional politics and how regional politics is governed.The purpose of this thesis is to provide empirical contributions in order to increase the understanding of changes in regional politics at the local level. This is done by dividing governance modes into typologies. Four political processes at the local level in the municipality of Åre between the years 1973-2007 are analyzed. The thesis is based on qualitative semi-structured elite interviews. The informants have been selected by snowball sampling. The interviews have also been complemented by documentary studies. The documents that have been studied are the protocols from the municipal assembly from 1973, when the municipality was created, to􀂒􀂟2007. The documents also consist of the parish archives (sockenkrönikor) governmental reports and official documents of the local and state-level government. The material has been analyzed by using process tracing.The main results of the study are that there have been changes in the regional politics at the local level in relation to the political agents and the forms of politics. The 1970s were characterized by strong state power and hierarchy. The political processes have increasingly been characterized by the typology of the new governance. The study has shown that in practice the regional politics in Åre is characterized by both traditional governance and new governance at the same time there has not been a paradigmatic shift. The elements of new governance are increasing but there are still significant signs of the traditional bureaucratic system such as hierarchy and ordered rule. As the signs of new governance increase, the political entrepreneurs play a bigger role in the processes being analyzed. The study also shows that the critique of traditional forms of governance relating to participation and influence has not become irrelevant as the signs of new governance increases.

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  • 50.
    Nyhlén, Sara
    Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Social Sciences.
    Regionalpolitikens förändrade former och aktörer2012Conference paper (Other academic)
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