Editors:
- 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
Part of the book series: New Geographies of Europe (NGE)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Socio-Spatial Polarisation in the EU and Questions of Power
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Regional and Cohesion Policies (Re-)producing Socio-Spatial Disparities
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Responses to Regional Polarisation and Alternative Perspectives
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Conclusions: About the Relevance of Scientific Research for Political Practice and Policy Making
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“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)
“Thebook 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)
Editors and Affiliations
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Global and European Studies Institute, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Thilo Lang
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Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Thilo Lang, Franziska Görmar
About the editors
Franziska Görmar is Project Manager and Research Fellow at Department of Regional Geography of Europe at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation
Book Subtitle: Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe
Editors: Thilo Lang, Franziska Görmar
Series Title: New Geographies of Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1190-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1189-5Published: 05 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1190-1Published: 23 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2633-5891
Series E-ISSN: 2633-593X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 382
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology, Regional and Cultural Studies, European Politics