The Borders Within

Causes and Fixes of Geographic Divides

Michael Donnelly (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

206 Seiten

2025
Policy Press (Verlag)
9781447369066 (ISBN)

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Geographic divisions that exist within countries 'the borders within' can be seen in economic growth and health and educational outcomes. Drawing on research with over 200 young people across 17 different localities in the UK, this book proposes a novel framework and alternative starting point for how we address borders within countries.

Geographic divisions that exist internally within countries – ‘the borders within’ – can be seen in how much people earn and levels of economic growth, as well as in health and educational outcomes.

With fresh thinking, this book explores what lies beneath these geographic divisions and what maintains them. Its novel framework shows how different social class groups derive radically different meanings from place that heighten geographic divisions.

Drawing on research with over 200 young people across 17 different UK localities, this book challenges orthodox policy understandings of regional development, putting forward an alternative starting point for how we address borders within countries.

Michael Donnelly is Professor of Education and Social Policy at the University of Bath and leads the Education, Work and Social Change research group.

1. Introduction

2. The problem of geographic divisions

3. Knowing a place

4. Places worth knowing

5. People worth knowing

6. Place is positional

7. Place is person-centred

8. The flawed logics of regional development

9. Growing local economies

10. Educational fixes?

11. Dismantling the borders within

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2025
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781447369066 / 9781447369066
Zustand	Neuware