City regionalism as geopolitical processes

Abstract

This paper sets out a new conceptual framework for investigating how city regionalism is constituted as a variegated set of geopolitical processes operating within and beyond the national state. Our approach highlights: 1) the different forms of territorial politics through which city regionalism is conjoined with broader visions of the national state; 2) the material and territorial arrangements which support such a conjuncture; and 3) the political actors enabling city regionalism and the national state to come together within a geopolitical frame of reference.

Present and future of new regional geography in the education school's system and scientific discipline's position at the University of Belgrade

“…The main problems of research of UBFG 'regional scholars remain the organization of geographical space, regional development and regional identity, as a refl ection of complex relations on the relation between nature and society. Some regional scholars' attention is now turning to the political construction of city regionalism in different national contexts (Jonas and Moisio, 2016;Dierwechter, 2008;Hall and Pain, 2006;Herrschel and Newman, 2002;Rodrıǵuez-Pose, 2008;Kantor et al, 2012). In so doing, regional scholars have exposed the hand of the national state in shaping new city-regional confi gurations of political authority and public administration (Brenner, 2002;Harrison, 2007;Harrison and Hoyler, 2015).…”

“…In so doing, regional scholars have exposed the hand of the national state in shaping new city-regional confi gurations of political authority and public administration (Brenner, 2002;Harrison, 2007;Harrison and Hoyler, 2015). As Jonas and Moisio (2016) wrote that city regions also develop in part as a result of politics. They are shaped by national policies in different ways, and in turn, they enter into national political and social life in a variety of ways that are often not apparent to the naked eye (Storper, 2013).…”

“…During the research we used geographical literature from domestic and international journals of recent date, which refers to the issue of regional development (Agnew, Livingstone and Rogers, 1996;Brenner, 2002;Castells, 2000;Dierwechter, 2008;Hall and Pain, 2006;Herrschel and Newman, 2002;Harrison and Hoyler2015;Jessop, Brenner and Jones, 2008;Johnston and Sidaway, 2004;Jonas, 2012;Jonas and Moisio, 2016;Jonas and Ward, 2007;Kantor, Lefevre, Saito, Savitch and Thornley, 2012;Murphy and O'Loughlin, 2009;Etherington and Jones, 2009;Rodriguez-Pose, 2008;Scott, 2001Scott, -a, 2001Storper, 2013;Wishart, 2004, etc). In order to show the role of regional geographers in contemporary researching at the UBFG, we used their articles published in international journals in the last seven years (Šabić et al, 2017;Potić, Golić and Joksimović, 2016;Jovanović-Popović et al, 2015;Joksimović et al, 2014;Šabić et al, 2013-a;Šabić, Miljković, Vujadinović, Milinčić and Gajić, 2013-b;Vujadinović et al, 2013-b;Milinčić et al, 2013;Belić, Radosavljević, Milinčić and Šabić, 2012;Šabić et al, 2012;Stanković et al, 2012;Djurdjić, Stojković and Šabić, 2011).…”

“…Processes of urban development have attracted considerable attention from regional scholars. If progress already has been made towards an understanding of the processes of agglomeration and accumulation that underpin regional growth (Scott, 2001(Scott, -a, 2001, researchers have also examined the corresponding structures of collective provision and welfare that sustain social reproduction within regions (Jonas and Moisio, 2016;Jonas and Ward, 2007;Etherington and Jones, 2009).…”

Regenerative city-regions: a new conceptual framework

“…Since the foundation (Kipfer & Wirsig, 2004) and consolidation (Pezzoli et al, 2009) of progressive regionalism as a distinct school of thought, both the practice and the theory around city-regions have developed exponentially, especially in the Western world. The city-regional literature has already been reviewed and critiqued extensively (Allan, 2011;Beel et al, 2016;Jonas & Moisio, 2016;Jonas & Ward, 2002;Rodríguez-Pose, 2008;Ward & Jonas, 2004). Thus, we focus primarily on studies that share characteristics of 'socially and economically progressive new regionalism' (Kipfer & Wirsig, 2004, p. 728).…”