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Left behind places and local democracy: German small towns under the conditions of peripheralisation

In: Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing

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  • Thilo Lang
  • Franziska Görmar
  • Stefan Haunstein
  • Martin Graffenberger

Abstract

In Germany, many rural peripheral areas show severe challenges in economic and demographic terms as compared to the dynamics in bigger cities and urban agglomerations. There also seems to be a lack of perspective spreading amongst the populations living there, recently discussed as left behind places and people. This not only makes it difficult to embark on new paths of development but also represents a risk to local democracy. To better understand the challenges of a growing number of small and medium-sized towns in rural Germany in the context of increasing sociospatial polarization and their political and societal implications, we present an overview of the conceptual debate on peripheralisation and governance in relation to issues of local democracy.

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  • Thilo Lang & Franziska Görmar & Stefan Haunstein & Martin Graffenberger, 2024. "Left behind places and local democracy: German small towns under the conditions of peripheralisation," Chapters, in: Camilla Lenzi & Valeria Fedeli (ed.), Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing, chapter 2, pages 33-51, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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