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

by Jussila, Heikki; Majoral, Roser; Mutambirwa, Chris C.

• ISBN13: 9781840149340
• ISBN10: 1840149345
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

This book discusses the role that marginality has had in the past, has today and will have in the future. The Commission on Dynamics of Marginal and Critical Regions held its annual conference in Harare, Zimbabwe in July 1997. This volume represents a carefully selected, revised and reviewed selection of the papers presented at this conference. The articles reflect the various aspects of marginality currently existing in the world and it is the intention of the Commission to pursue research that would eventually result in a more coherent approach towards the issues of marginality in space.The articles in the book are grouped into three main parts. The first part discusses the role of theory and also methodological aspects and approaches towards the question of marginality. The second part gives a 'time-space' perspective by examining the past, present and future aspects of marginality. The third part is dedicated to empirical evidence about the changes in existing marginality and its possible future implementations. The conclusions of the book summarize the various and sometimes conflicting, aspects of marginality and its 'images' both in space and in time.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	xii
List of Contributors	xv
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(6)
Heikki Jussila
Roser Majoral
PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
Towards typologies of socioeconomic marginality: North/South comparisons	7	(18)
Lawrence M. Sommers
Assefa Mehretu
Bruce Wm. Pigozzi
The application of spatial theory to intensive agriculture in developing countries: Findings from the Jos study	25	(11)
David Grossman
Leo M. van den Berg
Hyacinth I. Ajaegbu
The marginality and marginal regions in Slovenia	36	(14)
Stanko Pelc
The emergence of capitalism and struggling against marginalization in the Russian North	50	(23)
Markku Tykkylainen
Another way of perceiving Argentine marginality dynamics: Qualitative indicators	73	(16)
Maria Estela Furlani de Civit
Josefina Gutierrez de Manchon
Patricia Barrio de Villanueva
PART TWO: CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC VIEWS
The importance of cultural links in a marginal area: Terra Alta (Catalonia, Spain)	89	(12)
Hugo Capella-Miternique
Jaume Font-Garolera
Local government among marginalized ex-nomads: The Israeli Bedouin and the state	101	(19)
Avinoam Meir
Land tenure in rural marginal Western Pampa in Argentina	120	(15)
Ana Maria Petagna de del Rio
Demographic factors in characterizing and delimiting marginal lands	135	(15)
Richard E. Lonsdale
J. Clark Archer
Length of unemployment as an indicator of social exclusion in Finland: A GIS viewpoint	150	(15)
Toivo Muilu
Jarmo Rusanen
Arvo Naukkarinen
Alfred Colpaert
Living on the margins: The case for the elderly in Zimbabwe	165	(14)
Lazarus Zanamwe
`Basics are now a luxury': Perceptions of ESAP's impact on rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe	179	(34)
Deborah Potts
Chris C. Mutambirwa
PART THREE: POLICIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Marginal regions and new methods for development in the EU: Comparing Garfagnana in Italy and Kuusamo - Koillismaa in Finland	213	(23)
Maria Andreoli
Heikki Jussila
Evaluating marginal development: Local views on modernization in an Indian and Swedish context	236	(18)
Lennart Andersson
Kristina Lejonhud
Bertil Lundberg
Remaining marginal areas in rural Catalonia: Causes and consequences	254	(19)
Roser Majoral
Dolores Sanchez-Aguilera
State support and rural dynamics	273	(11)
Lars Olof Persson
Regional development problems of the geographically marginal Binga district in the Zambezi valley of Zimbabwe	284	(18)
Johan Dahl
Daniel Tevera
Challenges to the development of a polarized space: The case of Zimbabwe	302	(19)
Assefa Mehretu
Chris C. Mutambirwa
Sao Tome and Principe: The future of a marginal country in the context of its international integration --- the role of Portugal	321	(14)
Joao Luis Fernandes
Fernanda Delgado Cravidao
Australian microeconomic reform and Tasmania: An economic and social appraisal	335	(16)
Peter Scott
PART FOUR - CONCLUSIONS
Synthesis and conclusions	351
Heikki Jussila
Roser Majoral
Chris C. Mutambirwa