Understanding Geographies of Polarization and Peripheralization

1. Front Matter

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2. Understanding New Geographies of Central and Eastern Europe

   1. Understanding New Geographies of Central and Eastern Europe

      • PoSCoPP: Research Group Production of Space in the Context of Polarization and Peripheralization

      Pages 1-21

3. Theoretical Backgrounds, Methodological Considerations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Uneven Development, Socio-Spatial Polarization and Political Responses

      • Ray Hudson

      Pages 25-39

   3. Narrating the Diverse Regional Economies of Post-Socialist Apparel

      • John Pickles, Adrian Smith

      Pages 40-61

   4. Lost in Complexity? Researching the Role of Socio-Spatial Ascriptions in the Process of Peripheralization

      • Judith Miggelbrink, Frank Meyer

      Pages 62-79

   5. As Long as the Capital Is Far Away: Multi-Scalar Peripheralization in Central Asia

      • Wladimir Sgibnev, Aksana Ismailbekova

      Pages 80-97

   6. Peripheralization through Planning: The Case of a Golf Resort Proposal in Northern Ireland

      • Helen Carter

      Pages 98-111

4. Role of Diverse Socio-Political Agents in the Production of Peripheries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Rural Peripheralization — Urban Polarization? The Significance of Gendered Mobility in Central Germany

      • Tim Leibert, Giulia Montanari, Karin Wiest

      Pages 115-134

   3. The Everyday Practices of the Reproduction of Peripherality and Marginality in Hungary

      • Erika Nagy, Judit Timár, Gábor Nagy, Gábor Velkey

      Pages 135-155

   4. Socio-Spatial Polarization and Peripheralization in a Rapidly Changing Region — Building Europe’s Balkan Edge: Tourism Development in Coastal Bulgaria

      • Max Holleran

      Pages 156-170

   5. Paths of Socio-Spatial Change in Post-Socialist Cities — Insights from Five City-Regions in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Carola Neugebauer, Zoltán Kovács

      Pages 171-196

5. Fragmented and Relational Construction of Peripheralities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Cohesion as a Multi-Scalar Challenge: The EU-Wide Perspective

      • Tobias Chilla, Markus Neufeld

      Pages 199-216

   3. Paths of Convergence and Polarization in the Visegrád Countries

      • József Benedek, György Kocziszky

      Pages 217-234

   4. Measuring Territorial Cohesion: A Macro-Regional Approach

      • Tomas Hanell

      Pages 235-251

   5. Challenges of the Post-Soviet Development of Ukraine: Economic Transformations, Demographic Changes and Socio-Spatial Polarization

      • Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Grygorii Pidgrushnyi, Nataliia Mezentseva

      Pages 252-269

   6. Uneven Urban Resilience: The Economic Adjustment and Polarization of Russia’s Cities

      • Oleg Golubchikov, Alla Makhrova, Anna Badyina, Isolde Brade

      Pages 270-284

6. Different Modalities and Relations between Cores and Peripheries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285

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This book presents a multifaceted perspective on regional development and corresponding processes of adaptation and response, focusing on the concepts of polarization and peripheralization. It discusses theoretical and empirical foundations and presents several compelling case studies from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

• Central Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Polarization
• Peripheralization
• Marginalization
• Europeanization
• Regional Development
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Mobility
• Demographics
• Migration
• Governance
• Inequality
• Geography
• Human Geography
• European Union
• EU
• Political Geography
• Demography
• Urban
• capital
• city
• complexity
• demographic change
• Demographic Changes
• demography
• geography
• globalization
• Human geography
• migration
• mobility
• planning
• regional planning

“This is one of the richest volumes of its kind – certainly among those focusing on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). … This challenging and extensive contribution, rich in novel theoretical and empirical approaches alike, is highly recommended to all, not least in CEE itself where the subject is still largely approached from classic and quantitative angles.” (Péter Balogh, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 64 (4), 2015)

• Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany

  Thilo Lang, Wladimir Sgibnev, Kornelia Ehrlich

• University of Jena, Germany

  Sebastian Henn

Anna Badyina, University of Southampton, UK. József Benedek, Babe-Bolyai University, Romania Isolde Brade, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Joachim Burdack, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Helen Carter, Aalborg University, Denmark. Tobias Chilla, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Maros Finka, Central European Research and Training Centre in Spatial Planning, Slovakia. Oleg Golubchikov, Cardiff University, UK. Tomas Hanell, Aalto University, Finland Sebastian Henn, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany. Max Holleran, New York University, USA. Kathrin Hörschelmann, University of Durham, UK. Ray Hudson, University of Durham, UK. Aksana Ismailbekova, Centre of Modern Orient, Germany. Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská, Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies of Institutions, Evolution and Policies, Slovakia. György Kocziszky, Miskolc University, Hungary. Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Thilo Lang, Leibniz Institute for RegionalGeography, Germany. Tim Leibert, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Alla Makhrova, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Frank Meyer, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine Nataliia Mezentseva, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine Judith Miggelbrink, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany Giulia Montanari, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Robert Nadler, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Erika Nagy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Gábor Nagy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Markus Neufeld, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Carola Neugebauer, RWTH University in Aachen, Germany. Vladimir Ondrejicka, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia John Pickles, University of North Carolina, USA. Grygorii Pidgrushnyi, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Garri Raagmaa, University of Tartu, Estonia Wladimir Sgibnev, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Adrian Smith, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Judit Timár, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Gábor Velkey, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Karin Wiest, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, UK.

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