Globalization and marginality in geographical space : political, economic and social issues of development in the new millennium /: political, economic and social issues of development in the new millennium. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Heikki Jussila, Roser Majoral, Fernanda Delgado-Cravidão.
• Other Names: Jussila, Heikki; Majoral i Moliné, Roser; Cravidão, Fernanda Delgado; International Geographical Union.
• Contents: 1. Introduction / Heikki Jussila and Roser Majoral -- 2. Globalization, deregulation, marginalization: Where are we at the end of the millennium? / Walter Leimgruber -- 3. Globalization and economic marginalization: North-South differences / Lawrence M. Sommers, Assefa Mehretu and Bruce W.M. Pigozzi -- 4. Great Plains settlement: Globalization and deregulation / J. Clark Archer and Richard E. Lonsdale -- 5. Southern Patagonia facing globalization / Maria Eugenia Cepparo de Grosso -- 6. Managing integration and marginalization for the New Europe / Henri Goverde -- 7. A Northern dimension for the European Union: Background and proposals / Toivo Muilu -- 8. Rural Northern Finland and EU-membership / Matti Hakkila -- 9. The Tuscany observatory of rural society development: A policy tool against spatial and information marginalization / Maria Andreoli, Francesco Di Iacovo and Heikki Jussila / [and others] -- 10. The deep rural context and micro-regional changes in Southern Portugal / Luis Moreno -- 11. Unforeseen regional effects as a result of corporatization of government administrative bodies / Paul Olav Berg -- 12. Consequences of regulation and deregulation in marginal and critical economies of the U.S. Pacific Northwest / Steven Kale -- 13. Deregulation and marginality: New public policies and new approaches to the planning of tourism / Francisco Lopez-Palomeque -- 14. From economic marginality to the problems of 'quality of life' / Maria Andreoli, Vincenzina Colosimo and Heikki Jussila -- 15. The 'old' and 'new' forms of inequality: The case of Portual / Sandra Marques and Fernanda Delgado-Cravidao -- 16. Mill town without its mills: Preliminary assessment of the consequences of industrial abandonment / William R. Stanley -- 17. Demographic factors contributing to regional imbalances in Spain / Dolores Sanchez-Aguilera and Roser Majoral -- 18. Social neighbourhoods in peripheries: A Finnish-Swedish comparison / Jarmo Rusanen, Toivo Muilu and Alfred Colpaert / [and others] -- 19. People who were not there but are now! Aboriginality in Tasmania / Peter Scott -- 20. Child labour, the reverse of economic globalization in peripheral regions / Lucilia Caetano -- 21. The plight of women in the margins of rural life in Africa: The case of Zimbabwe / Assefa Mehretu, Chris Mutambirwa and Jane Mutambirwa -- 22. Conclusions and summary / Heikki Jussila and Roser Majoral.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (324 pages)
• Subjects: 330.9; Economic development -- Congresses; Globalization -- Congresses; Marginality, Social -- Congresses; Regional disparities -- Congresses; Marginal productivity -- Congresses; Mondialisation -- Congrès; Exclusion sociale -- Congrès; Disparités régionales -- Congrès; Productivité marginale -- Congrès; Économie du développement -- Aspect social; Economic development; Globalization; Marginal productivity; Marginality, Social; Regional disparities; Mondialisation -- Congrès; Marginaux -- Congrès; Disparités régionales -- Congrès; Développement économique -- Aspect social -- Congrès; Internationalisatie; Perifere regio's; Economische ongelijkheid; Regionale ongelijkheid; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351766289; 1351766287
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.