Kees Terlouw

Local Identities and Politics

Negotiating the Old and the New

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the importance that local communities attach to their local identities. In particular, it examines the way in which 'local identities' react to pressure to amalgamate municipalities in the Netherlands, which have often existed independently for hundreds of years. Focusing on two case studies, it provides a detailed analysis of how different stakeholders use and adapt their identity discourses to deal with changing circumstances. This book provides a rich empirical analyses of the use of local identities in the Netherlands and situates the discussion within the wider international context through comparisons with studies from other countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781138209251
• ISBN-10: 1138209252
• Artikelnr.: 47812515

Autorenporträt

Kees Terlouw is a political geographer at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Local identities conceptualised: from fixed facts to
flexible discourses 3. Measuring local identity 4. Local identities
analysed: change for the better or the worse 5. Municipal amalgamation and
changing local identities on Goeree-Overflakkee 6. Katwijk: "A city which
has remained a village" 7. Conclusion: the divergent use of local
identities