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Lindgren, Gerd
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Lindgren, G. (2016). Ambivalenser och maktordningar: Feministiska läsningar av nyliberalism. Siv Fahlgren, Diana Mulinari & Angelika Sjöstedt Landén (red.). Stockholm: Makadam, 2016 [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 53(4), 446-450
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ambivalenser och maktordningar: Feministiska läsningar av nyliberalism. Siv Fahlgren, Diana Mulinari & Angelika Sjöstedt Landén (red.). Stockholm: Makadam, 2016
2016 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 53, no 4, p. 446-450Article, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-62934 (URN)000391905900008 ()
Available from: 2017-09-06 Created: 2017-09-06 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved
Forsberg, G. & Lindgren, G. (2015). Regional policy, social networks and informal structures. European Urban and Regional Studies, 22(4), 368-382
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Regional policy, social networks and informal structures
2015 (English)In: European Urban and Regional Studies, ISSN 0969-7764, E-ISSN 1461-7145, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 368-382Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper presents a study on regional development and innovation systems. The theoretical points of departure are gender theory and two perspectives from human geography and sociology: the theory of network governance for regional development and the theory of homosocial networks. The regional policy of the EU today is characterized by a strongly emphasized governance model: i.e., an orientation towards networks and cluster initiatives. The 2004–2007 regional development programme in VÀrmland, a Swedish county, is a template for this policy. Its basic principles included partnership engagements, networking, EU-specific linguistic usage and superstar rhetoric. However, this seemingly innovative regional policy has roots in traditional industrial society (ironworks and paper mills). The network-planning model allows informal social structures to re-enter the arena of regional planning. Gender equality in regional government policy was challenged by the presence of a homosocial shadow (seamy-side) structure, such as secret networks and clubs on the outside of the official organizations. Networks were also important in the reproduction of traditional power structures, male dominance and hegemony. One conclusion we reach is that networking can be used mutually as a progressive force and as a conservative tool among actors in the innovation of policy.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2015
Keywords
gender relations; governance approach; innovation; regional development; regional planning; regional policy; social network; social structure, Sweden; Varmland
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-44846 (URN)10.1177/0969776412474663 (DOI)000362330300003 ()2-s2.0-84942783163 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2016-08-15 Created: 2016-08-15 Last updated: 2017-09-13Bibliographically approved
Jonsson, A. & Lindgren, G. (2013). Regionalt ordnande: Aktörer och nätverk på regionbyggets baksida. In: Line Säll, Tomas Mitander, Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson (Ed.), Det regionala samhällsbyggandets praktiker: Tiden, rummet och makten (pp. 125-142). Göteborg: Daidalos
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Regionalt ordnande: Aktörer och nätverk på regionbyggets baksida
2013 (Swedish)In: Det regionala samhällsbyggandets praktiker: Tiden, rummet och makten / [ed] Line Säll, Tomas Mitander, Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson, Göteborg: Daidalos, 2013, p. 125-142Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: Daidalos, 2013
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-45889 (URN)9789171734228 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-09-14 Created: 2016-09-14 Last updated: 2023-06-21Bibliographically approved
Lindgren, G., Forsberg, G. & Pettersson, K. (2012). Economic Geography in Regional Planning: Homosocial Stories or Allowing Spaces. In: Susanne Andersson, Karin Berglund, Ewa Gunnarsson, Elisabeth Sundin (Ed.), Promoting innovation: Policies, Practices and procedures (pp. 135-155). Stockholm: VINNOVA
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Economic Geography in Regional Planning: Homosocial Stories or Allowing Spaces
2012 (English)In: Promoting innovation: Policies, Practices and procedures / [ed] Susanne Andersson, Karin Berglund, Ewa Gunnarsson, Elisabeth Sundin, Stockholm: VINNOVA , 2012, p. 135-155Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The regional programme “Sustainable Värmlandic Growth for the period 2004 – 2007” is a textbook example of the regional development policy that was developed since the early 1990s in Sweden. One can find many similarities with the work being done in this county and the theoretical explanations developed in the "new economic geography". This programme lends itself very well to an analysis of economic geography and gender mainstreaming in regional policy, which we perform in this paper. We build the paper on a qualitative study in the Värmland region in the late 2000s. The study was carried out through making close readings of the growth programme documents and interactive research together with thirty appointed women in senior positions in the region. Our analysis indicates that the process of developing the growth programme was influenced by homotopical networks (place-specific male homosocial practices), as the large partnership that was formed was dominated by men and people from central areas, reconstructing past power relations. We can also conclude that the male dominated clusters were prioritised in the regional growth programme, while potentially successful clusters and innovation systems which included large numbers of women, were to a large degree excluded. We also conclude that the growth programme was not gender mainstreamed. We suggest that the concept of allowing spaces can be applied in ordet to identify alternative development possibilities and for new initiatives to take place, e.g. implying to integrate the women-dominated clusters in as potential clusters to build regional development on. Allowing spaces, we suggest, could have a potential to integrate gender into the discussion of regional development.

 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: VINNOVA, 2012
Series
VINNOVA Report VR 2012, ISSN 1650-3104 ; 08
Keywords
Gender equality, monotopia, homotopia, homosociality, cluster politics, networks, elites
National Category
Economic Geography Gender Studies Globalisation Studies
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-15705 (URN)978-91-86517-71-7 (ISBN)
Funder
VINNOVA
Available from: 2012-11-21 Created: 2012-11-21 Last updated: 2018-08-07Bibliographically approved
Lönnbring, G., Haraldson, A.-L., Lindgren, G., Lundkvist Martinson, K. & Ovlien Säll, B. (2012). En nätverksfälla? Företagande kvinnor i regionalpolitiken. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 18(2), 45-58
Open this publication in new window or tab >>En nätverksfälla? Företagande kvinnor i regionalpolitiken
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2012 (Swedish)In: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, ISSN 1400-9692, E-ISSN 2002-343X, Vol. 18, no 2, p. 45-58Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Projektet Nya Nätverk handlar om företagande kvinnors organisering. Utifrån institutionell etnografi och en interaktiv forskningsansats analyseras här de mekanismer som marginaliserar kvinnors affärsnätverk i det regionalpolitiska tillväxtarbetet. Organiseringen är på många sätt problematisk. Den blir en nätverksfälla som erbjuder lösningar men inte håller vad den lovar. Trots detta är autonoma nätverk nödvändiga för legitimitet och påverkan men det måste också finnas tydliga mottagande instanser för att krav på jämställd hållbar tillväxt ska omvandlas till praktik.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Karlstads universitet, 2012
National Category
Work Sciences
Research subject
Working Life Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-16102 (URN)
Available from: 2012-12-07 Created: 2012-12-07 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved
Gonäs, L. (2012). Jämställd hållbar tillväxt - från ord till handling. Introduktion till nr 2 2012 (tema JämVäxt).. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 18(1), 5-11
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Jämställd hållbar tillväxt - från ord till handling. Introduktion till nr 2 2012 (tema JämVäxt).
2012 (Swedish)In: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, ISSN 1400-9692, E-ISSN 2002-343X, Vol. 18, no 1, p. 5-11Article in journal, Editorial material (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Karlstads universitet, 2012
National Category
Work Sciences
Research subject
Working Life Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-69772 (URN)
Available from: 2018-10-22 Created: 2018-10-22 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved
Lindgren, G., Sandlund, E. & Gonäs, L. (2012). Jämställd hållbar tillväxt: från ord till handling. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 18(2), 5-11
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Jämställd hållbar tillväxt: från ord till handling
2012 (Swedish)In: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, ISSN 1400-9692, E-ISSN 2002-343X, Vol. 18, no 2, p. 5-11Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
National Category
Gender Studies Work Sciences
Research subject
Gender Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-13241 (URN)
Available from: 2012-05-07 Created: 2012-05-07 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved
Lindgren, G. (2011). Manliga nätverk med makt. In: Red: Anders Nilsson (Ed.), Ett hållbart arbetsliv - Om organisation och ledarskap: . Stockholm: Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Manliga nätverk med makt
2011 (Swedish)In: Ett hållbart arbetsliv - Om organisation och ledarskap / [ed] Red: Anders Nilsson, Stockholm: Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS) , 2011Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS), 2011
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-11560 (URN)978-91-89602-44-1 (ISBN)
Available from: 2012-02-08 Created: 2012-02-08 Last updated: 2013-06-12Bibliographically approved
Lindgren, G. (2010). De diskreta nätverken. In: Gunnel Forsberg & Gerd Lindgren (Ed.), Nätverk och skuggstrukturer i regionalpolitiken: (pp. 37-48). Karlstad: Karlstad University Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>De diskreta nätverken
2010 (English)In: Nätverk och skuggstrukturer i regionalpolitiken / [ed] Gunnel Forsberg & Gerd Lindgren, Karlstad: Karlstad University Press , 2010, p. 37-48Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Karlstad University Press, 2010
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-10225 (URN)978-91-85335-97-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2012-02-08 Created: 2012-02-08 Last updated: 2013-06-12Bibliographically approved
Lindgren, G., Hvid, H. & Datta Gupta, N. (2010). Et inkluderende og udviklende arbejdsliv-: gennemgang. Oslo: Forskningsrådet, Program Arbeidslivsforskning
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Et inkluderende og udviklende arbejdsliv-: gennemgang
2010 (English)Report (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oslo: Forskningsrådet, Program Arbeidslivsforskning, 2010. p. 82
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-10229 (URN)9788212027404 (ISBN)
Available from: 2012-02-08 Created: 2012-02-08 Last updated: 2013-06-12Bibliographically approved
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