On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland

Niina Rantamäki, Mari Kattilakoski · 2019 · Regional Science Policy & Practice

Summary. Rural Finnish communities facing welfare state pressures have developed innovative local solutions to secure welfare services. These innovations emerge from combining external challenges with local resources like community cohesion and diverse local structures. The authors argue that promoting such innovations requires comprehensive approaches that address broader community viability and involve collaboration across policy fields and sectors.

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  title   = {On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland},
  author  = {Niina Rantamäki and Mari Kattilakoski},
  journal = {Regional Science Policy & Practice},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1111/rsp3.12213},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12213}
}

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DOI

10.1111/rsp3.12213

Countries

Finland

Regions

Europe

Categories

policy, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-10-01