Debatten om Debaser : En undersökning om beslutsfattande i kulturpolitiken

Sammanfattning: In the beginning of 2016 the politicians in the city of Stockholm made a decision to renovate the city's civic hall. The building accommodated, among a variety of businesses, a public arts school and a library. The building also accommodated Debaser, which was a one of Stockholm's most popular live music scenes that had hosted a lot of different bands and artist over the years. Due to the decision of renovating the civic hall Debaser had to shut down its business, and as a result of that a debate took off in newspapers and on social media. The debate brought up topics about the importance of Stockholm's live music scene and the process of decision-making in cultural politics. This study aims to describe how the decision was made by the politicians regarding the renovation of the civic hall and how the following debate discusses the topic of live music scenes. I have listed the arguments found in the debate and in the political documents regarding the decision-making process and analyzed them with Dorte Skot-Hansens three cultural rationales and Per Mangsets ten dilemmas of conflicts. Furthermore my result shows, not surprisingly, that the decision was based mainly upon the fact that the civic hall is owned by the municipality of Stockholm and the politicians wanted to promote the municipal enterprises by renovating the building. The discussion about the importance of the live music scene was held in the debate but it was not discussed as thoroughly as it may have seemed.