The Political Discourse of Spatial Disparities Geographical Inequalities Between Science and Propaganda

The Political Discourse of Spatial Disparities Geographical Inequalities Between Science and Propaganda / by Ferenc Gyuris.

This work aims to provide unique insights into the multidisciplinary research on spatial disparities from an unconventional point of view. It breaks with the conventional narrative that tends to interpret this theoretical tradition as a series of factual contributions to a better understanding of th...

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Main Author: Gyuris, Ferenc (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Contributions to Political Science,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Human geography.
Political communication.
Economic geography.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Economic history.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Debate Over Social Disparities and the Disparity Discourse
  • Social Disparities Meet Space and Concepts Surrounding It
  • A Contextual Analysis of the Emergence of Spatial Disparity Research
  • Spatial Disparity Analysis and Anti-Capitalism: The "Classical" Marxist Tradition
  • Non-Marxist Reactions to the Marxist Problematizations of Spatial Unevenness
  • Spatial Disparity Research After the Initial Decades of Cold War: End of the "Golden Age"
  • And Yet Spatial Disparity is a Problem of Capitalism: Leftist Approaches in a Post-Fordist World
  • Political Functioning of the Spatial Disparity Discourse: A summary
  • Conclusion
  • What to Do with the Discourse on Spatial Disparities? A normative Outlook
  • References.

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