Hela landet ska leva - säger vem? : Svenska riksdagsledamöters syn på utlokaliseringar av statliga myndigheter

Sammanfattning: This study investigates differences among Swedish members of parliament in approaches to public sector relocations. Both differences between the political parties as well as differences between the constituencies the members are representing are being studied. Previous research shows a wide variety of arguments and approaches to relocations in different European countries. Although, a similar study has not been done on neither individual members of parliament nor in a Swedish context before. Building on previous research, a quantitative content analysis is used to study frequency and types of argumentations in parliamentary motions from the years 2000 to 2020.  The study shows that the Social Democrats and the Centre Party have to the highest degree argumented for public sector relocations in the Swedish parliament. The most used argument in total is regional economic growth, but differences in other types of argumentations can be found between the parties. The study also shows that legislators representing constituencies outside Sweden’s three largest cities to a much higher degree have submitted motions in favor for further relocations. These constituencies primarily argue for service and accessibility, while the larger constituencies have a more tax efficiency-approach.