Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe
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. A...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Palgrave Macmillan
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | New Geographies of Europe
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- 1 Re-thinking Regional and Local Policies in Times of Polarisation: An Introduction
- PART I: SOCIO-SPATIAL POLARISATION IN THE EU AND QUESTIONS OF POWER
- 2 Geographical Uneven Development and Regional Futures: A Conversation
- 3 “New” Questions of Peripherality in Europe or How Neoliberal Austerity Contradicts Socio-spatial Cohesion
- 4 State Power, Spatial Inequality, and Geographical Expertise: Notes on Method
- PART II: REGIONAL AND COHESION POLICIES (RE-)PRODUCING SOCIO-SPATIAL DISPARITIES
- 5 Re-conceptualising Territorial Cohesion Through the Prism of Spatial Justice: Critical Perspectives on Academic and Policy Discourses
- 6 Questioning the Convergence of Cohesion and Innovation Policies in Central and Eastern Europe
- 7 Divergent Paths to Cohesion: The (Unintended) Consequences of a Place-Based Cohesion Policy
- 8 Urban Growth Pole Policy and Regional Development: Old Wine in New Bottles?
- 9 ReproducingSocio-spatial Unevenness through the Institutional Logic of Dual Housing Policies in Hungary
- PART III: RESPONSES TO REGIONAL POLARISATION AND ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES
- 10 Out-Migration from Peripheries – How Cumulated Individual Strategies Affect Local Development Capacities
- 11 Towards a Progressive Local Development Approach – Insights from Local Community Initiatives in Hungary and Romania
- 12 Bypassing Structural Shortcomings: Innovative Firms in Peripheral Regions
- 13 Leading through Image Making? On the Limits of Emphasising Agency in Structurally Disadvantaged Rural Places
- PART IV: CONCLUSIONS: ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR POLITICAL PRACTICE AND POLICY MAKING
- 14 Translating Scientific Results: Encouraging Reflective Policies as a Chance for Change
- 15 Understanding and Going beyond the Regional Policy Paradox: Conceptual Contributions to Studying Socio-spatial Polarisation in Europe