Limits of Localism: Four dimensions of power
| dc.contributor.author | Madanipoura, Ali | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-09T12:22:05Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-09T12:22:05Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | en |
| dc.description | Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Volume 1 / Issue 1 / June 2017; page 33-44 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A trend in the planning discourse tends to portray the local in a positive light. This paper critically examines localism and regionalism, from a theoretical point of view, to find out whether this positive outlook may be maintained. First the ontology of the local is examined, with its substantive, relational and experiential aspects. As a complex, multi-dimensional process, localism is then analysed at the intersection of four dimensions of power: territorial, representational, institutional, and functional. Boundaries are drawn, representations created, relations within and beyond the locality arranged, and functions allocated. The analysis shows a tendency to essentialise the local as a finished, circumscribed, commodified product, at odds with its multiplicity, diversity, inequality, porous boundaries and relational reality. There is also a gap between the definitions and functions allocated to the local in a hierarchical division of labour, relations with intra- and extra-local political and economic forces, and the mythological narratives of autonomy. | en |
| dc.identifier | https://transactions-journal.aesop-planning.eu/index.php/TrAESOP/article/view/7 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.24306/TrAESOP.2017.01.003 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2566-2147 | en |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 33-44 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/854 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2017.01.003 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | AESOP | en |
| dc.rights | openaccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | CC BY 4.0 | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en |
| dc.source | Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Volume 1 / Issue 1 / June 2017; 33-44 | en |
| dc.subject | Localism | en |
| dc.subject | power | en |
| dc.subject | multiplicity | en |
| dc.subject | decentralisation | en |
| dc.subject | reductionism | en |
| dc.title | Limits of Localism: Four dimensions of power | en |
| dc.type | article | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en |
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