Marginality in Space - Past, Present and Future: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Cultural, Social and Economic Parameters of Marginal and Critical Regions

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES -- 2: Towards typologies of socioeconomic marginality: North/South comparisons -- 3: The application of spatial theory to intensive agriculture in developing countries: Findings from the Jos study -- 4: The marginality and marginal regions in Slovenia -- 5: The emergence of capitalism and struggling against marginalization in the Russian North -- 6: Another way of perceiving Argentine marginality dynamics: Qualitative indicators -- PART TWO: CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC VIEWS -- 7: The importance of cultural links in a marginal area: Terra Alta (Catalonia, Spain) -- 8: Local government among marginalized ex-nomads: The Israeli Bedouin and the state -- 9: Land tenure in rural marginal Western Pampa in Argentina -- 10: Demographic factors in characterizing and delimiting marginal lands -- 11: Length of unemployment as an indicator of social exclusion in Finland: A GIS viewpoint -- 12: Living on the margins: The case for the elderly in Zimbabwe -- 13: 'Basics are now a luxury': Perceptions of ESAP's impact on rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe -- PART THREE: POLICIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- 14: Marginal regions and new methods for development in the EU: Comparing Garfagnana in Italy and Kuusamo - Koillismaa in Finland -- 15: Evaluating marginal development: Local views on modernization in an Indian and Swedish context -- 16: Remaining marginal areas in rural Catalonia: Causes an consequences -- 17: State support and rural dynamics -- 18: Regional development problems of the geographically marginal Binga district in the Zambezi valley of Zimbabwe -- 19: Challenges to the development of a polarized space: The case of Zimbabwe