{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Nordic Horizons","title":"Pint-sized Nordic democracy ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/68375926\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4523,"description":"Scotland has the largest units of 'local' government in the developed world with just 32 councils for 5.3 million folk.\r\nNorway has almost 400 councils for roughly the same population. The Faroes - with a smaller population than Falkirk - has 29 local councils. What difference does that make to dynamism and democracy? Listen on as Lesley Riddoch chairs a discussion recorded just before Scotland's local elections in May 2022 with with Norway’s State Secretary for Local Government Ole Gustav Narud, and Dennis Holm, the former Mayor of Vágur on the Faroes island of Suðuroy. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NI1wo26g_d6xIejI6sNatN72T_B6dMKCVP4W3SQg8BA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTQyLzE2NTI5/NTI2NDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}