Territorial development in Bavaria between spatial justice and austere federalism
A historical-materialist policy analysis of Bavarian regional development politics and policies, 2008–2018
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7761335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Dudek (0000-0003-4898-4523, Department of Geography, Economic Geography, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany, corresponding author), Hans-Martin Zademach (0000-0001-9927-6311, Department of Geography, Economic Geography, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 890-904 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308518x221140893 |
| OpenAlex | W4315648634 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper examines the territorial development reforms in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany between 2008 and 2018 in light of the rise of austerity policies, introducing the concept of ‘austere federalism’ as a new state spatial process in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Methodologically, the paper draws on the historical-materialist policy analysis and identifies three processes – municipalisation, competitisation, and responsibilisation – as key elements of a new hegemonic project. Our findings suggest that the years following the crisis saw a paradigm shift in spatial planning taking place, characterised by a carrot-and-stick policy of planning deregulation and austerity discipline. Rather than diminishing disparities, however, this shift runs the risk of exacerbating spatial inequality
Austerity · Development economics · Economics · Federalism · Geography · Hegemony · Inequality · Materialism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spatial planning · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Law · Public Administration · Public Administration and Political Analysis · Urbanization and City Planning
New State Spaces
Buying Time
Austerity
Critical Policy Studies
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Geography, Difference and the Politics of Scale
The geographies of austerity
Pushing austerity
Investigating hegemony struggles
Austerity urbanism
Neoliberalizing Space
The production of hegemonic policy discourses
Authoritarian Governance, Power, and the Politics of Rescaling
Neoliberal Urbanism Redux
Varieties of capitalism or varieties of relationships of forces? Outlines of a historical materialist policy analysis
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |