Har muren fallit? En studie av policynätverk inom infrastrukturprocessen i Skåne
InfrastrukturPolitical and administrative sciencesBanverketVägverketRegion SkånePolicynätverkGovernanceStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
The creation of Region Skåne, and the transfer of the development responsibility from the national administrative country board (Länsstyrelsen) has given the state new challenges. New structures have grown between Region and State, and also between different municipalities. These can be characterized as Policy-networks, and the goal of this study is to analyze the planning process of the regional infrastructure with these theories.This is a qualitative study of the infrastructure process in Skåne, and the actors that acts within this process. It has been studied with the eyes of the theories of Governance and Policy-networks. The main method to collect material has been through interviews with different actors within the process, and very little written material has been used. The results show that there are Policy networks between different municipalities in the process, but also between the institutions of the state (Vägverket/Banverket) and Region Skåne. This can be seen as one of several factors that point to the conclusion of a softer state, and the holes in the walls that separate the different levels of government are getting bigger in this policy area.