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The ‘right’ policy for regional development: seeking spatial justice in the Dutch case of the region deals

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Central governments are increasingly preoccupied with problems of regional development, ranging from political discontent to sustainability transitions. New development funds are unfolded with different rationalities about what spatially just redistribution is. This paper aims to uncover in what ways issues are problematized in regional development policies, in which normative principle of redistributive justice the policy problem is primarily grounded, and how this affects regional development investments. This study critically examines an empirical case of policy for regional development in the Netherlands: the Region Deals (Regio Deals). The findings show that even though Dutch central government discursively problematized people who are left behind in the progress of the country, this priority was not maintained for places that are left behind. The Dutch case exemplifies that government rationalities about ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ regional development are a crucial factor to which regions benefit most from redistribution. Yet these rationalities are underexposed and inconsistently articulated in policy documents and political discourse.

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  • Bram van Vulpen, 2023. "The ‘right’ policy for regional development: seeking spatial justice in the Dutch case of the region deals," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(9), pages 1823-1841, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:31:y:2023:i:9:p:1823-1841
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2140584
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