Urban Inequality in Finland

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Land, Housing and the Nordic Welfare State

Mika Hyötyläinen (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Uppsala University, Sweden)

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Edinburgh University Press
09 April 2026

Social welfare & social services; Political science & theory; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy

Urban Inequality in Finland investigates urban governance, land and housing policies and the uneven development of the built environment. It analyses city strategies, policy documents and interviews with urban authorities to show how decentralisation, growing inter-city competition and the adopting of economic policies informed by an ideology of efficiency and entrepreneurialism in governance, have prompted the state and cities in Finland to sell public, urban land to get money for public treasuries. It demonstrates how recent transformations in the policies of a Nordic welfare state that have traditionally worked to curb urban inequalities, now allow for them to become exacerbated.

By: Mika Hyötyläinen (Post-Doctoral Fellow Uppsala University Sweden)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399501521
ISBN 10: 1399501526
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 09 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Mika Hytylinen is Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University, Sweden

Reviews for Urban Inequality in Finland: Land, Housing and the Nordic Welfare State

Urban Inequality in Finland is a timely, engaging and thought-provoking account of a transforming Nordic social welfare state. Hyötyläinen investigates institutional and legal transformations in Finland, showing how the goals of land policy threatened the prevention, and even worsened, inequality. This important book is a must read for anyone interested in the structural dynamics of urban inequality. -- Johanna Lilius, Aalto University [A] very readable and highly interesting book on landand housing policy in the production of urban inequality. The book is key for anybody interested in housing, land and the politics of urban inequalities in Finland and the Nordic countries more generally. -- Henrik Gutzon Larsen * Housing, Theory and Society *