Re-thinking Regional and Local Policies in Times of Polarisation: An Introduction

Görmar, Franziska; Lang, Thilo; Nagy, Erika; Raagmaa, Garri

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1190-1_1

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“…The ambition of this paper is, therefore, to respond to this research gap by providing a framework for the study of peripheralised regions in the context of ongoing polarisation processes, that is, in relation to parallel processes of centralisation. In doing so, we are better able to discuss issues of spatial justice and the potential futures of particular (types of) regions in a time which is highly characterised by processes of polarisation in multiple dimensions (Görmar et al, 2019).…”

Section: Conceptualising Socio-spatial Polarisationmentioning

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Socio-spatial polarisation and policy response: Perspectives for regional development in the Baltic States

Lang

Burneika

Noorkõiv³

et al. 2021

European Urban and Regional Studies

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Based on a relational understanding of socio-spatial polarisation as a nested, multidimensional and multi-scalar process, the paper applies a comparative perspective on current trends of socio-spatial development in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Comparing current scholarship and data on demographic and economic processes of centralisation and peripheralisation, we also examine political debates around issues of polarisation in different scholarly national perspectives. Despite variations in national discourses, our comparative perspective conveys strong similarities between the three Baltic countries in terms of socio-economic and demographic concentration in the capital regions to the disadvantage of the rest of the country. The analysis of regional policies further points to tensions between a concern for territorial cohesion on the one hand, and an adherence to the neo-liberal logic of growth and competitiveness against the backdrop of post-socialist transition on the other hand. An overview of case studies in the three countries shows a common reliance on endogenous resources to foster local development, conforming to the neo-liberal logics of regional policy. However, these strategies remain niche models with different levels of success for the respective regions and also among the populations in the region. As a result, we argue for a stronger role of regional policy in the Baltic countries that goes beyond the capital regions by better addressing the negative consequences of uneven development.

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Section: Conceptualising Socio-spatial Polarisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-spatial polarisation and policy response: Perspectives for regional development in the Baltic States

Lang

Burneika

Noorkõiv³

et al. 2021

European Urban and Regional Studies

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“…Peripherization means the process in which connections with a centre break, and an area (a periphery) becomes dependent on the centre emerges (Lang, 2012;Fischer-Tahir and Naumann, 2013;PoSCoPP, 2015;Görmar et al, 2019;ESPON, 2020). Peripherization in this sense is less related to purely economic circumstances; it can also be a consequence of social, political or communicative processes (Kühn, 2015;Mihály, 2018a).…”

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Shrinking Rural Areas: demographic and broader interconnections of population decline in Hungary

Kovács¹,

Tagai²

2021

TERRA

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Resumen: este artículo explora la dinámica de la población en Hungría durante las últimas tres décadas a nivel de distrito. La cartografía de los distritos en crecimiento, estancamiento y contracción desde diversas perspectivas indica patrones previstos, como los polos de crecimiento de la población en la zona suburbana alrededor de la capital, las ciudades más grandes y a lo largo de las fronteras con Austria y Eslovaquia en el sur. El hecho de que la contracción de grado significativo o dramático sea más frecuente en los distritos rurales que en sus homólogos urbanos y suburbanos, caracterizando a casi la mitad de las unidades rurales de nivel LAU-1, también se encuentra entre los resultados esperados de la investigación. El crecimiento o el estancamiento de las zonas rurales, especialmente en las regiones más atrasadas, representa un patrón imprevisto de dinámica demográfica para el que una interpretación secundaria de dos estudios de caso proporciona antecedentes socioeconómicos, espaciales e históricos. Palabras clave: periferización, marginación, dinámica demográfica, regiones atrasadas. Abstract: this article explores population dynamics in Hungary over the last three decades at the district level. Mapping of growing, stagnating and shrinking districts from a variety of perspectives indicates anticipated patterns such as population growth poles in the suburbanised area around the capital city, larger cities and along the Austrian and Southern Slovakian borderlines. The fact that shrinking of significant or dramatic degree is more prevalent across rural districts than in their urban and suburban counterparts characterising almost half of rural LAU-1 level units is also among the expected research results. Growing or stagnating rural areas especially in lagging regions represent an unforeseen pattern of population dynamics for which a secondary interpretation of two case studies provides socio-economic, spatial and historical background. Key words: peripherization, marginalisation, population dynamics, lagging regions.

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“…Görmar et al . agree, stating that “More spatial justice would be achieved if the people affected by peripheralisation processes gained control over the development of their region(s)” (2019, p. 6).…”

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“…Second, democracy, participation and empowerment of local communities is also relevant (Nikkhah and Redzuan 2009). This is because '(economic) uneven development … goes hand in hand with political asymmetries and democratic deficits which manifest themselves in urban and regional policy networks favouring "the main centres of growth and affluence" and marginalising the region(s)' (Görmar et al 2019).…”

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Distributed Rural Proofing – An Essential Tool for the Future of Rural Development?

Nordberg

2020

Sociologia Ruralis

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Current rural proofing models are criticised for the inability to perceive detailed and varying local circumstances and the inability to pay attention to dynamics, to changing circumstances and the potential for change. The concept of rural proofing is discussed in this article, along with examples of proofing models in different countries. The deficiencies of the models are addressed using the concepts spatial justice and social innovation, which in combination allow for perceiving essential factors connected to geography and the varying capability of places. Two case studies are used for demonstrating the importance of these factors when judging centralising reforms. Together, the theoretical discussion and the case studies inform the construction of a new model for rural proofing, more relevant to rural development.

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Re-thinking Regional and Local Policies in Times of Polarisation: An Introduction

Cited by 15 publications

References 45 publications

Socio-spatial polarisation and policy response: Perspectives for regional development in the Baltic States

Socio-spatial polarisation and policy response: Perspectives for regional development in the Baltic States

Shrinking Rural Areas: demographic and broader interconnections of population decline in Hungary

Distributed Rural Proofing – An Essential Tool for the Future of Rural Development?

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