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1 online resource (590 pages) |
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Routledge/ESA Studies in European Societies |
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Routledge/ESA studies in European societies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Modernizing practices: intended projects of change and development; Transnationalization and amplification of modernizing practices; Mobilizing regions, mobilizing Europe: the main research focus; Regions as sites of social mobilization; From existing approaches to a macro-phenomenological account of regionalization in contemporary Europe; Implications for the analysis of Europeanization; Structure and content of the book |
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2. A critical introduction to world-polity researchIntroduction; 1 World-polity research -- an offspring of sociological institutionalism; 2 Key concepts of world-polity research; 3 Empirical accounts of world-cultural diffusion; 4 Contestations of the world-polity perspective; Conclusions; 3. Outline of a phenomenology of late modernity; 1 Logics and carriers of world-cultural diffusion; 2 The advent of 'knowledge society'; 3 Intellectual underpinnings of the spirit of 'active intervention'; Conclusions; 4. A phenomenology of the rise of a 'new regionalism'; Introduction |
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1 A new awareness of 'space' in the social sciences2 The growing relevance of sub-national government in international politics; 3 The twofold extension of regional development agendas; Conclusions: the world-cultural mobilization of regions in contemporary Europe; 5. The European script of regional mobilization; Introduction; 1 The European script of regional mobilization: an overview; 2 The five central myths of regional mobilization; 3 Conclusions; 6. Region-building and regional mobilization in Poland; Introduction; 1 A new breakup: regime change in central and eastern Europe |
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2 The revitalization of sub-national territories in Poland after 19893 A tremendous inflow of European funds since 2000; 4 Patterns of spatial inequality in Poland then and now; Conclusions; 7. The world-cultural make-up of Polish regions; Introduction; 1 'Strengths' and 'weaknesses' of the three selected regions; 2 The world-cultural self-presentations of the regions; 3 Reasons for concern and future optimism: assessments of local experts; Conclusions; 8. Strategizing all the way down: traces of 'standardized diversification'; Introduction |
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1 Strategy-building as a funnel of world-cultural diffusion2 The new 2020 strategies of the three regions; 3 Effective strategies? -- major development projects in the three regions; 4 All-embracing mobilization and standardized diversification of Polish regions -- a brief summary; 9. Conclusions: the spirit and the limits of world-cultural mobilization; Regional mobilization in Europe from a macro-phenomenological perspective; The unequal performance of regional identities in contemporary world-polity; Some remarks and qualifications on the flipsides of world-cultural diffusion |
| Summary |
Regional development strategies are becoming more similar all around Europe, even though regional differences are more pronounced than ever and many European regions have become more autonomous actors. This thesis of a peculiar standardized diversification of sub-national space in the modern European Union is the point of departure of this book. Based upon the analytical premises of Stanford School Sociological Institutionalism, Sebastian M. Büttner studies regional mobilization in contemporary Europe from a new and innovative perspective. He highlights the importance of scientific e |
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The spirit and the limits of the current project of social mobilization |
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Print version record |
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Regional planning -- Europe
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Regional planning -- Poland -- Case studies
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International economic integration
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Regional planning
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European Union countries -- Economic integration
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Europe
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European Union countries
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Poland
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136459436 |
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113645943X |
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