Olika områden olika förutsättningar : En jämförande studie av föreningslivet mellan Danderyds kommun och stadsdelen Spånga-Tensta

Sammanfattning: This study aims to investigate associations in two areas in Stockholm County with diverse socio-economic conditions. The study intends to examine the impact these differences have on what role the bureaucrats and politicians in the two areas think that the associations should have. Bureaucrats are those who design guidelines for associations and that is why they have an important role in the conditions of the associations. A comparison between the two areas has been made to see if the requirement in the guidelines for the areas are different according to where the members live. The two areas that have been used to compare the guidelines of associations are Danderyd municipal and the district Spånga-Tensta. These two areas have economic and social resource differences. The study is based on qualitative approach in which interviews with bureaucrats and local politicians from each area were used to obtain a deeper understanding of what impact socio-economic conditions have on the associations. There are major differences in the range of associations between these two areas, this may be because of the different demands that the bureaucrats and politicians have on the associations. Guidelines for associations show clear differences in the role that the bureaucrats and politicians believe that the associations will play in the area.