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Uneven development, socio-spatial polarisation and political responses

Hudson, R.

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T. Lang
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S. Henn
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W. Sgibnev
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K. Ehrlich
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Abstract

Although the causal mechanisms and processes are specific to different forms of societal organization, uneven development is a characteristic common to more advanced forms of societal development. Uneven development is therefore integral to the crisis-prone development of capitalist economies. From the outset, such economies were and continue to be characterized by socio-spatial uneven development and consequent polarization at various scales. The combined and uneven character of capitalist development results in both the social production of space and growing qualitative as well as quantitative differentiation between places within those socio-spatial structures. Growing economic polarization affects social conditions, while, in turn, the evolution of the economic development process is influenced by these socially produced spatial differences. As a result, national states (and now the EU) see it as necessary to seek to limit socio-spatial polarization and keep inequality within ‘acceptable’ limits.

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Hudson, R. (2015). Uneven development, socio-spatial polarisation and political responses. In T. Lang, S. Henn, W. Sgibnev, & K. Ehrlich (Eds.), Understanding geographies of polarisation and peripheralisation : perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond (25-39). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137415080_2

Online Publication Date Aug 31, 2015
Publication Date Aug 31, 2015
Deposit Date Nov 30, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 25-39
Series Title New geographies of Europe
Edition 1st ed.
Book Title Understanding geographies of polarisation and peripheralisation : perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.
Chapter Number 2
ISBN 9781349579754
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137415080_2

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Hudson R. (2015) Uneven Development, Socio-Spatial Polarization and Political Responses. In: Lang T., Henn S., Sgibnev W., Ehrlich K. (eds) Understanding Geographies of Polarization and Peripheralization. New Geographies of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781349579754





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