Kommunala roller i megaprojekt - Lunds kommuns hantering av ESS-projektet

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate how municipalities handle planning of megaprojects. The term megaproject here refers to a large project in terms of time, space, investments, numbers of agents etc. With an increasing importance of the phenomena the need of discussing the role local politics could take in this process is important. How do municipalities handle the difficulties that come with megaprojects and what roles do they take in their work with megaprojects? These empirical questions are tested on a case where the municipality of Lund works with the megaproject European Spallation Source (ESS). A theoretical question discusses the megaproject in the light of governance and government, and structures the analysis around these two important terms. Different parts of the municipality handle there part of the planning from there own logic. A phenomenon which can be understand through the distinction between governance and government. The need is evident for d...