Staden som en kollektiv aktör En abduktiv fallstudie på Malmö stad
CitiesMalmoeCollective ActorGovernaceGlobalization.Social sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapSocial SciencesLaw and Political Science
AbstractCities are once again becoming the locus of economic, social and political processes. The effect of these processes on the city is two-fold: one one hand they threaten to fragment and dislocate the city and the actors within them, on the other hand they give actors within cities new opportunities to react and mobilize resources towards different strategies of integration. The latter gives rise to what Patrick Le Galès calls the collective actor-city. The aim of this thesis is to explore the notion of the city as a collective actor in a swedish context by utilizing Le Galès theory of european cities as collective actors in an abductive case study on the city of Malmoe. By utilizing Le Galès five dimensions that make up a collective actor I analyze interviews conducted with city officals aswell as documents produced from the city wide plan of action Welfare for everybody. My findings are that while there is a high risk of fragmentation and dislocation in the city several mechanisms for integration of different interests are at work. Thus it is possible to conclude that while Malmoe cannot be considered a collective actor in the fullest sense of the word, it is a collective actor in the making.