Intermunicipal cooperation and ethno-social disparity in peripheral regions

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ID10404652
AuthorsTamar Arieli (0000-0003-2072-5853, Multidisciplinary Studies, Conflict Management Program, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume53
Issue2
Pages183-194
Publication date2018-05-08
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343404.2018.1453129
OpenAlexW2803066593
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited58

Intermunicipal cooperation (IMC) in regions of social–economic and cultural heterogeneity may facilitate economies of scale and improve competitiveness and service delivery, but the insights of border and regional studies reveal its limitations in addressing disparities and generating development. This paper analyzes IMC prospects within peripheral regions of Israel, where municipal borders mark divides of prosperity, ethnicity and religion. Israeli policy promotes regionalism through IMC to facilitate intra-regional interdependence and development. Yet, institutionalized structures of cooperation have minimal impact on intra-regional disparities. Pervasive social borders undermine the prospects of IMC, as an insufficient substitute for necessary government investment in addressing historic roots of socioeconomic inequality

Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Inequality · Local government · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Regional Policy · Regional science · Regionalism (politics · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Local Governance and Planning · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration

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