The book is based on work originating within the framework of an international forum for exchange of ideas and co-operation between researchers, planners and practitioners, The Consortium for the Study of Perceived Planning Issues in Marginal Areas -PIMA.

1 Dissolution of the Socio-Economic Conformity.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Objectives of the Study.- 1.3 Spatial Differences in Socio-Economic Development.- 1.4 The Quality of Life.- 2 Processes Reshaping the Spatial Structure.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 From a Resource-Based to a Network-Based Economy.- 2.3 Quality of Life Improvements.- 2.4 Emerging Spatial Structures.- 2.5 Function and Quality of the ISER in Sweden.- 3 Patterns of Sectoral and Spatial Change.- 3.1 Internationalisation and Locality.- 3.2 Social Change and Preferences.- 3.3 Distribution of Income and Services.- 3.4 Focus on Intermediate Regions in the Swedish Geography.- 4 Spatial Dimensions of the Emerging Knowledge Society in Sweden.- 4.1 The Race for Increased Productivity.- 4.2 Characteristics of the Knowledge Society.- 4.3 Fragmentation Tendencies Among Swedish Local Labour Markets.- 4.4 Patterns of Restructuring Labour Market Areas.- 4.5 Migration Patterns.- 4.6 Conclusions on Mobility in Sweden.- 5 Regions and Cóntexts.- 5.1 Comparing Two Contexts.- 5.2 Socio-Economic Regions in Two Countries.- 5.3 Sweden in the European Union.- 6 Policy and Planning Perspectives.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Sweden 1930–1990: The Central Role of the Welfare State.- 6.3 The Intermediate Role of Municipal Planning.- 6.4 Approaching a Bottom-Up Planning Model.- 6.5 Alternative Planning Modes.- 6.6 Policy and Planning in the United States.- 6.7 Sweden in the First Half of the 1990s.- 7 Sweden Facing a New Micro- and Macroregional Fragmentation.- 7.1 Uniformity and Fragmentation.- 7.2 Four Carriers of Change.- 7.3 Strategic Issues.- References.- Author Index.

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