Pugh, Rhiannon and Dubois, Alexandre
(2021).
Peripheries within economic geography: Four "problems" and the road ahead of us.
Journal of Rural Studies. 87
, 267-275
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Abstract
This paper is a theoretical contribution to interrogate and elucidate a term commonly used (but rarely inter-rogated) from the perspective of the economic geography field within which we work: peripheries. As researchers of "peripheries" we are all too familiar with the fuzziness and problematic nature of this term, and our long-standing research agenda is to work towards clarifying and nuancing it, addressing its role in either stigma-tizing or assuming some predetermined destiny for different regions and territories. This paper reviews the work conducted on peripheries within economic geography, and identifies a number of gaps or problems in the way in which this term is used. The paper proposes a way forwards for addressing these problems, in a series of "suggestions" as to how we can do better in researching economic geographies of peripheries. The final dis-cussion reorients our debate towards possible avenues for the research community to anchor peripheries in theoretical advancements and a more systemic approach to empirical investigations. Finally, this paper proposes a holistic framework for studying peripheries in economic geography, which take into account environmental, socio-cultural, and political elements as well as pure economic issues.
Authors/Creators: | Pugh, Rhiannon and Dubois, Alexandre | ||||||
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Title: | Peripheries within economic geography: Four "problems" and the road ahead of us | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Journal of Rural Studies | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 87 | ||||||
Page range: | 267-275 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||||
Publisher: | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | ||||||
ISSN: | 0743-0167 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 507 Social and Economic Geography > Economic Geography | ||||||
Keywords: | Periphery, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Regional policy, Place-based development | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-114243 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-114243 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 26060 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 05 Nov 2021 09:26 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2021 09:31 |
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