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En komparativ analyse av politiske diskurser om byutvikling og boligpolitikk i Oslo og København

Translated title

A comparative analysis of the political discourses regarding urban development and housing policies in Oslo and Copenhagen

Term

4. Term

Publication year

2021

Submitted on

Pages

91

Abstract

This thesis is a comparative discourse analysis of the urban development in the municipalities of Oslo and Copenhagen. I analyze the empirical evidence with the aim of investigating which discourses that are articulated in the official documents regarding urban development in the municipalities - both general development and housing development. The main findings in the research is that there are three main discourses articulated: social sustainability, environmental sustainability and co-creation. Although these are the three main articulated discourses in both of the municipalities the urban development is also influenced by neoliberal values. Therefore I find that there exists multiple hegemonic ideologies present in the official documents that reproduce the order of the discourse.