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State rescaling and economic convergence
- Abstract:
- This paper critically engages with State/Space theory by interrogating the soundness of its fundamental assumptions regarding the rescaling of capitalism and by questioning the validity of its proposition about ever-rising spatial imbalances and economic divergence in post-1970s’ Europe. The paper employs descriptive, cartographic and econometric analysis of the regional and urban growth data covering 28 European Union countries and 11 major OECD and BRICS economies. The vast volume of multi-scalar evidence presented here cannot substantiate the central rescaling hypothesis about Europe’s increasing spatial disparities. A set of alternative explanations is proposed to account for the reported European economic convergence trends.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1080/00343404.2018.1476754
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- ‘3S RECIPE: Smart Shrinkage Solutions - Fostering Resilient Cities in Inner Peripheries of Europe’
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- ‘Cities Regrowing Smaller - Fostering Knowledge on Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking Cities across Europe’ (Grant No. TU0803
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- Regional Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 462-477
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-26
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- EISSN:
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1360-0591
- ISSN:
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0034-3404
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- Mykhnenko and Wolff
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of the Regional Studies Association
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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