Peripheralization: The Making of Spatial Dependencies and Social Injustice

Table of Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Introduction: Peripheralization as the Social Production of Spatial Dependencies and Injustice......Page 7
1 Peripheries, Peripheralization and Development......Page 9
2 Peripheralization, Uneven Development and Decline......Page 13
3 Conceptualization, Structure and Objectives......Page 16
References......Page 21
Section I: Peripheralization and Development......Page 25
1 Introduction......Page 26
2 The Bourgeoisie Paradigm and Peripheralization......Page 28
3 Peripheralization, the “Commercial Bourgeoisie” and the Non-Liberal Ottoman Modernity......Page 34
4 Peripheralization, the Industrial Bourgeoisie and the Non-Liberal Turkish Modernity......Page 37
5 Out of the Periphery: A New Bourgeoisie or Capitalist Modernity a la turca?......Page 40
6 Conclusion......Page 45
References......Page 46
1 Introduction......Page 52
2 Contextualising remarks......Page 54
3 Nehruvian Anti-Nationalism: The Argument......Page 56
4 Developmentalism as, or instead of, civic nationalism......Page 57
5 The “Nehruvian” project and the developmental imagination......Page 60
6 The exclusions of the developmental imagination......Page 64
7 Educating the periphery within......Page 66
8 Some questions: civic belonging, civic nationalism, states......Page 69
References......Page 71
1. Introduction......Page 74
2 The making of peripheries in post-colonial states......Page 77
3 Between Pakistan and Kashmir: Creating political dependencies in Gilgit-Baltistan......Page 80
4 Securitization as a mode of peripheralization......Page 82
5 Development and the local imaginary: a mode of creating “docile spaces”......Page 87
6 Conclusion......Page 93
References......Page 94
Section II: Peripheralization and Regional Decline......Page 96
1 Introduction......Page 97
2 The Theory of Fragmenting Development......Page 99
3 The link of peripheralization and social exclusion......Page 101
4 Regional disparities in post-socialist Europe in the light of the Theory of Fragmenting Development......Page 105
5 Rural regions in the post-socialist countries: Europe’s ocean of poverty? The case of Hungary......Page 106
6 Conclusion: Are we entering an era of “spatial Darwinism”?......Page 113
References......Page 114
1 Introduction......Page 117
2.1 Peripheralization......Page 120
2.2 Polycentricity......Page 121
2.3 Rural-urban linkages......Page 123
3 Rural-urban linkages in Iraqi Kurdistan......Page 124
3.1 The ethnic cleansing policies of the former Iraqi government......Page 125
3.2 The oil-driven development policies of the KRG......Page 126
3.3 The urban boom......Page 129
3.4 The role of agriculture in Basne-Chwarta-Sulaimaniya linkages......Page 131
3.5 Towards polycentric regional development......Page 134
4 Concluding remarks......Page 136
References......Page 138
1 Introduction......Page 141
2 Peripheries and peripheralization......Page 142
3 Uecker-Randow as a rural peripheral region......Page 145
4 Regional disadvantages and the provision of infrastructure......Page 148
4.1 Technical infrastructure......Page 149
4.2 Basic services......Page 151
4.3 Assessment of infrastructure provision......Page 154
5 Conclusion......Page 158
References......Page 160
1 Introduction......Page 164
2 Stigmatization as a discursive act of peripheralization......Page 165
3 Stigmatizing Sangerhausen......Page 168
4 Peripheralization as a new metaphor of post-Fordist uneven development......Page 173
5 Blaming the victim? Functions of stigmatization......Page 176
6 Conclusion......Page 178
References......Page 179
1 Introduction......Page 183
2.1 Peripheralization and marginalization......Page 184
2.2 Territoriality and socio-spatial allocation......Page 185
2.3 A praxeological perspective......Page 186
2.4 Negotiation of the allocation......Page 187
3.1 The EU border and the scales of its peripheralization......Page 188
3.2 The EU as an agent of socio-spatial allocation......Page 190
3.3 Categorizations as mediums of spatial ordering......Page 191
4.1 Practices and orientations at the EU border......Page 192
4.2 Differentiations of practice......Page 194
5 Conclusion......Page 198
References......Page 200
1 Introduction......Page 203
2 Myrdal’s concept of cumulative causation and its potential for a practice-oriented perspective on peripheralization......Page 205
3 Towards subjects and discourse(s) of peripheralization......Page 208
4.1 The subjectivities of the “peripheralized”......Page 210
5 The reconceptualization of peripheralization – what follows?......Page 214
References......Page 216
1 Introduction......Page 220
2 From Kohl’s “blossoming landscapes” to pro-active dealing with shrinkage......Page 222
3 Understanding shrinkage as a process of regional peripheralization......Page 223
4 Discursive constructions of “core” and “periphery”......Page 225
5 Regional peripheralization, core-periphery relations and internal others......Page 227
6 Conclusions......Page 229
References......Page 230
Section III: Peripheralization and Urban Fragmentation......Page 235
1 Introduction......Page 236
2 The peripheralization of the Baixada Fluminense......Page 240
3 Peripheralization, governmentality and intersecting power relations in the Baixada......Page 242
4 Heterogeneous enactments of citizenship in the Baixada......Page 250
5 Envisioning citizenship beyond the governmentalized city......Page 255
References......Page 257
1 Introduction......Page 260
2 Dispersion, urban fragmentation, and peripheralization......Page 261
3 Dispersion, urban fragmentation, and peripheralization in Brazilian cities......Page 263
4 Urbanization and peripheralization in João Pessoa and Campina Grande......Page 266
4.1 Case study: Gervásio Maia Housing Estate in João Pessoa city......Page 271
5 Conclusion......Page 275
References......Page 276
Other Sources:......Page 277
1 Introduction......Page 278
2.1 The Communist Urbanization......Page 280
2.2 Dimensions of the Crisis of Romania’s Small Towns......Page 282
3.1 Crisis and Ruralization – Economic, Social and Infrastructural Indicators......Page 285
3.2 The Peripheralization and Isolation of Romanian Small Towns......Page 288
4 Possible Solutions to the Crisis of Romania’s Small Towns......Page 292
5 Conclusion......Page 294
References......Page 295
1 Introduction......Page 297
2 The “periphery”......Page 298
3.1 Historical Geography......Page 299
3.2.2 Friedmann’s Centre-Periphery Theory......Page 301
3.3.1 The Periphery in Inequality Studies......Page 302
3.3.2 The Periphery in Urban and Regional Sociology......Page 304
3.4.2 Exclusion from networks......Page 306
4 Conclusion: gaps in research and open questions......Page 307
References......Page 311
About the authors......Page 313