Research Companion to the Periphery and Peripheral Regions

Edited by Jerzy B�a�ńs�k�i�, Professor of Human Geography, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

• ContentsIntroduction to the peripheral regions xvJerzy BańskiPART I CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH APPROACHES1 Marginality: centres, peripheries, margins and left behind places 2Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Walter Leimgruber, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc2 Periphery in the concepts of regional development and territorialclassifications 15Jerzy Bański3 Peripheries in contemporary social science concepts: an attempt atsynthesis 29Marcin Wójcik and Karolina Dmochowska4 Towards a relational understanding of peripheralisation: an examination ofEnglish rural small towns 44Martin Phillips5 Peripheral regional innovation systems: conceptual contributions fromLatin America and applications in Argentina 63Gabriela Starobinsky, Andrés Niembro, Manuel Gonzalo and CarlaDaniela Calá6 Definitions of northern/rural/remote/peripheric communities in Canada 79François Brouard, Natalya Brown, Manuel Litalien and Étienne SinottePART II DIAGNOSIS: PROCESSES AND TRENDS ON THE PERIPHERY7 Converging or lagging behind European peripheries? Spatial inequalitiesin post-millennial Hungary through the lens of local-level GDP estimations 94Réka Horeczki, Ernń Molnár, Gábor Pirisi and János Pénzes8 Studying nomads, peripherality and agriculture in Southern Palestine,1800–1947 109Aviv Oppenheim, Noam Levin and Ruth Kark9 Australian peripheries: concepts, diagnosis, and dilemmas 124Anthony Sorensen10 Rural demographic transitions and policy interventions: examiningdepopulation mitigation strategies in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain 139Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo, Juan Sebastián Castillo Valero,María Carmen García Cortijo and Germán Andrés Cevallos Meneses11 Urban peripheral territories in Africa: Maputo City, a case study 153Manuel Madeira Macandza12 Peripherality and populism: electoral consequences of spatial inequalitywith particular reference to rural peripheral areas of Poland 167Jerzy Bański, Mariusz Kowalski and Michał Konopski13 The perceived decline of true rural life through the lens of ideal ruralchildhood 185Ondńej Klíma, Pavel Pospńch and Barbora Hubatková14 The potential of the peripheral region in the Global South: regionalresilience in South Africa 199Mariske van Aswegen and J. Ernst DrewesPART III DILEMMAS OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PLANNING INPERIPHERAL TERRITORIES15 Pawned spaces: militarization, indebtedness and crime in the São Paulometropolitan fringes 215César Simoni Santos16 From urban policy concept to practice in the periphery: smart shrinkage inperipheral Finland 230Teemu Makkonen and Petri Kahila17 Rescaling dilemmas of governance in Hungarian rural peripheries 245Ilona Pálné Kovács18 Italy and the peripheral: national policies in search of cohesion 257Giancarlo Cotella and Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone19 North-South ecologically unequal exchange in waste production andmanagement: an action research project at the Radisson waste disposal site(Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec, Canada) 274Maude Normandin Bellefeuille, Clara Vivin and Laurie Guimond20 Decoding Danish dilemmas: barriers to including locals in planning forthe double periphery 288Kasper Friis Bavnbæk21 Regional migration policy as a tool to support the development ofperipheral regions: policy conceptualisation 303Wojciech Janicki22 Towards policy- and location-based allocation of rural developmentfunding: a rural development program for mainland Finland 316Antti Petteri Hiltunen, Olli Lehtonen and Hilkka Vihinen

‘Through the lens of various disciplines and practices, this volume examines a broad range of contemporary challenges stemming from peripheralization. In addition to key concepts about periphery and peripheral regions, the authors offer insights into the social and political consequences of regional inequalities and marginalization in different countries across the globe. An essential read for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding peripheralization and exploring potential solutions.’