Chapter 1 Re-thinking Regional and Local Policies in Times of Polarisation: An Introduction

Chapter 2 Geographical Uneven Development and Regional Futures: A Conversation

Chapter 3 “New” Questions of Peripherality in Europe or How Neoliberal Austerity Contradicts Socio-Spatial Cohesion

Chapter 4 State Power, Spatial Inequality, and Geographical Expertise: Notes on Method

Chapter 5 Re-conceptualising Territorial Cohesion Through the Prism of Spatial Justice: Critical Perspectives on Academic and Policy Discourses

Chapter 7 Divergent Paths to Cohesion: The (Unintended) Consequences of a Place-Based Cohesion Policy

Chapter 8 Urban Growth Pole Policy and Regional Development: Old Wine in New Bottles?

Chapter 9 Reproducing Socio-Spatial Unevenness Through the Institutional Logic of Dual Housing Policies in Hungary

Chapter 10 Out-Migration from Peripheries: How Cumulated Individual Strategies Affect Local Development Capacities

Chapter 11 Towards a Progressive Local Development Approach: Insights from Local Community Initiatives in Hungary and Romania

Chapter 12 Bypassing Structural Shortcomings: Innovative Firms in Peripheral Regions

Chapter 13 Leading Through Image Making? On the Limits of Emphasising Agency in Structurally Disadvantaged Rural Places

Chapter 14 Understanding and Going Beyond the Regional Policy Paradox: Conceptual Contributions to Studying Socio-Spatial Polarisation in Europe

Chapter 15 Translating Scientific Results: Encouraging Reflective Policies as a Chance for Change