Political geography of cities and regions : changing legitimacy and identity / Kees Terlouw.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

©2023

xiii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

"This monograph presents a novel typology of relational and territorial perspectives on legitimacy and identity. This typology is then applied to two different political and historical contexts, namely the trajectories of the Amsterdam metropolitan region in the Netherlands and the Ruhr metropolitan region in Germany. The historical discussion spans 500 years, providing valuable depth to the study. Taken as a whole, the book provides a new perspective within the territorial-relational dichotomy and the geographies of discontent debate. Its key insights are that identity and political legitimacy is embedded in history, and that both relational and territorial perspectives on these issues are time and place dependent. This book will be stimulating reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers working in political geography, human geography, regional studies, and broader social and political sciences."-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Terlouw, Kees. Political geography of cities and regions London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

English

January 17, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.