Regional Inequalities

Daniel Rauhut, Alois Humer

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A person’s life chances and quality of life depend on social class distinctions, but more so on the region one grew up in. Perspectives of the ‘urban’ or ‘metropolitan’ are a starting point when discussing geographical inequalities vis-à-vis rural, peripheral regions. How disrupting these problems and challenges are on the one (urban) and the other (rural) end of the geographical scope depends on what scale we analyse, and where we draw the boundaries between different types of territory. The problematisation of regional inequalities has usually gone hand in hand with the legitimisation and/or de-legitimisation of some political powers, especially when ‘justice’ is related to issues such as regional development, production and accessibility of welfare services and infrastructure, as well as public participation. The marketisation of welfare services and infrastructure as well as public sector retrenchment in advanced economies hits weak regions the hardest. The market cannot make profit in peripheral, remote and lagging regions; the ‘third sector’ cannot accumulate sufficient money for investments and hence is unable to meet the needs of the population. If the state cannot level out regional disparities, who will?.

Originalspråkengelska
Titel på värdpublikationInequality
Undertitel på värdpublikationEconomic and Social Issues
FörlagTaylor & Francis
Kapitel8
Sidor157-172
Antal sidor16
ISBN (elektroniskt)9781040097595
ISBN (tryckt)9781032480428
DOI
StatusPublished - 2024 jan. 1

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Mats Lundahl, Daniel Rauhut and Neelambar Hatti; individual chapters, the contributors.

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Ekonomisk geografi
  • Ekonomisk historia
  • Kulturgeografi

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