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City-Regions: New Geographies of Uneven Development and Inequality

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  • David Etherington
  • Martin Jones

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Etherington D. and Jones M. City-regions: new geographies of uneven development and inequality, Regional Studies. Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning literature on the 'new regionalism'. Protagonists have made persuasive arguments about regions as successful models of economic and social development. This paper argues that the championing of 'city-regions' provides an opportunity for taking these debates further. It draws on research taking place on the Sheffield City-Region, UK, and particularly discusses the interrelationships between competitiveness, work-welfare regimes - those policies and strategies dealing with labour market governance and welfare state restructuring - labour market inequalities and low pay. The paper suggests that city-regions reinforce, and have the potential to increase, rather than resolve, uneven development and socio-spatial inequalities. [image omitted] Etherington D. et Jones M. Les Cites-Regions: de nouvelles geographies du desequilibre et de l'inegalite, Regional Studies. Pendant les dernieres annees, on a temoigne de la croissance d'une documentation sur le 'nouveau regionalisme'. Les partisans ont prone la region comme modele du developpement economique et social. Cet article cherche a affirmer que se faire le champion des 'cites-regions' donne la possibilite d'approfondir ce debat. En puisant dans les recherches faites a propos de la cite-region de Sheffield, on discute en particulier de la correlation entre la competitivite, les actions travail-assistance sociale - a savoir, les politiques et strategies qui traitent de la maitrise du marche du travail et de la restructuration de la protection sociale - les inegalites sur le marche du travail et les petits salaires. L'article laisse supposer que les cites-regions renforcent, et ont le potentiel d'augmenter plutot que de resoudre, le desequilibre et les inegalites socio-geographiques. Nouveau regionalisme Regionalisation Cites-Regions Marches du travail Inegalite Petits salaires Etherington D. und Jones M. Stadtregionen: Neue Geografien von ungleichmassiger Entwicklung und Ungleichheit, Regional Studies. In den letzten Jahren ist eine aufkeimende Literatur uber den 'neuen Regionalismus' entstanden. Ihre Autoren haben Regionen mit uberzeugenden Argumenten als erfolgreiche Modelle der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung dargestellt. Wir argumentieren, dass die Forderung von 'Stadtregionen' eine Chance bietet, um diese Debatten einen Schritt weiter zu fuhren. Fur unseren Beitrag nutzen wir Forschungsarbeiten in der Stadtregion von Sheffield und erortern insbesondere die wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Wettbewerbsfahigkeit, Arbeits- und Sozialplanen (also den Politiken und Strategien zur Lenkung des Arbeitsmarkts und zur Umstrukturierung des Sozialstaats), Ungleichheit auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und Niedriglohnen. Wir argumentieren, dass Stadtregionen eine ungleichmassige Entwicklung und sozioraumliche Ungleichheit verstarken und potenziell noch erhohen, statt sie abzubauen. Neuer Regionalismus Dezentralisierung Stadtregionen Arbeitsmarkte Ungleichheit Niedriglohne Etherington D. y Jones M. Ciudad-regiones: nuevas geografias, desarrollo desequilibrado y desigualdades, Regional Studies. En los ultimos anos hemos observado una literatura floreciente sobre el 'nuevo regionalismo'. Los autores han defendido las regiones con argumentos persuasivos de modelos prosperos del desarrollo economico y social. Aqui defendemos que al apoyar las 'ciudad-regiones' se brinda la oportunidad de ampliar estos debates aun mas. Basamos nuestros datos en estudios llevados a cabo en la ciudad-region de Sheffield y abordamos en particular las interrelaciones entre competitividad, las politicas sobre trabajo y bienestar (es decir, las politicas y estrategias para la gobernanza del mercado laboral y la reestructuracion del estado del bienestar), las desigualdades del mercado laboral y los salarios bajos. En este articulo sugerimos que las ciudad-regiones refuerzan, y potencialmente aumentan, el desequilibrio del desarrollo y las desigualdades socio espaciales en vez de evitarlo. Nuevo regionalismo Transferencia de competencias Ciudad-regiones Mercados de trabajo Desigualdad Salarios bajos

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  • David Etherington & Martin Jones, 2009. "City-Regions: New Geographies of Uneven Development and Inequality," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(2), pages 247-265.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:43:y:2009:i:2:p:247-265
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400801968353
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