Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation
Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe
Editors: Lang, Thilo, Görmar, Franziska (Eds.)
Free Preview- Features expert analysis from the leading researchers in the field of socio-spatial polarisation and uneven development
- Combines critical geographical thought and spatial studies perspectives with planning approaches, economic development perspectives and issues of policy and politics
- The first book to examine regional policy, uneven development and issues of spatial development using an integrated perspective
- Valuable resource for scholars, students and policy makers working in sub-regional, regional, national and European administration and regional development projects
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- About this book
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Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing while regions outside of agglomerations are stagnating or even declining. Against this background this book aims to provide an understanding of the underlying processes of polarisation and related regional and local policies.
This open access volume contributes to the debates about polarisation and regional development by focussing on questions of spatial justice, power distribution and policy transfer. Theoretical and empirically grounded contributions show that European policies are indeed reproducing socio-spatial inequalities instead of challenging them. The book shows further the existing potentials and limits of individuals, economic, political and civil society actors to respond to polarisation on the regional and local level.
In this book conceptual thoughts on polarisation, regional policy and regional development are combined with empirical research and resulting implications for policymaking. As such, it is a valuable source for early career students and researchers as well as professionals in the field of regional and economic development, policy consultants, and policy makers. - About the authors
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Thilo Lang is Head of the Department of Regional Geography of Europe at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany, and Lecturer at the Global and European Studies Institute at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
Franziska Görmar is Project Manager and Research Fellow at Department of Regional Geography of Europe at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. - Reviews
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“I wholeheartedly recommend this book, not only for scholars in the fields of regional development and policy, spatial planning and geography, but for all those who want to better understand the spatial dynamics of contemporary Europe.” (Szabolcs Fabula, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 68 (4), 2019)
“The book is timely and highly relevant for the current debates around re-imagining the Cohesion Policy. … The volume is of interest and a useful resource for all those searching to understand regional inequalities as a ‘relational, multi-dimensional and multi-scalar concept’, as well as for those interested in conceptual and policy alternatives to current framework of Cohesion Policy.” (Mihail EVA, Eastern Journal of European Studies, Vol. 10 (1), 2019)
“The book makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning debate on socio-spatial polarisation, especially with respect to our understanding of the specificities of CEE countries, where sub-national administrative capacity and civil society organizations are nothing like western-centric scholars imagine them to be.” (Kevin Morgan, Eurasian Geography and Economics, June 20, 2019)
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Re-thinking Regional and Local Policies in Times of Polarisation: An Introduction
Pages 1-25
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Geographical Uneven Development and Regional Futures: A Conversation
Pages 29-59
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“New” Questions of Peripherality in Europe or How Neoliberal Austerity Contradicts Socio-Spatial Cohesion
Pages 61-78
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State Power, Spatial Inequality, and Geographical Expertise: Notes on Method
Pages 79-94
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Re-conceptualising Territorial Cohesion Through the Prism of Spatial Justice: Critical Perspectives on Academic and Policy Discourses
Pages 97-119
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation
- Book Subtitle
- Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe
- Editors
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- Thilo Lang
- Franziska Görmar
- Series Title
- New Geographies of Europe
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-13-1190-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-13-1190-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-1189-5
- Series ISSN
- 2633-5891
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 382
- Number of Illustrations
- 15 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
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