Regionala strategier på lokal nivå Om kulturarv- och kulturmiljöarbete i regionalt och kommunalt utvecklings- och tillväxtarbete

Sammanfattning: The following essay aims at the interplay between regional och municipal growth work, and the way cultural heritage is used in growth work strategies. The main issue has been whether the regional strategies are followed up in the municipal strategies, which has been investigated by means of question which impact the region’s strategies has at the local level. The essay draws upon an instrumental perspective on cultural heritage and cultural environment, here defined as instruments in the national development and growth efforts. Three publications that highlights potential roles of cultural heritage and cultural environment to act as instruments in the regional and municipal development and growth efforts has thereby been selected as theoretical models. These roles has further been summarized in a tabular form as a schematic division of main themes with sub-categories, used as a framework for deciphering the regional and municipal strategies. A content analysis of available strategies at both regional and local levels have been used as a method for investigating the issue, where the role of cultural heritage and cultural environment (as defined in the schematic table) has guided the reading. A demarcation was made based on a case study – the region of Blekinge. The study shows that the regional strategies have relatively weak impact at the local level, and thereby highlights a need for