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Regions and the search for spatial justice: a question of capacity?

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  • Rhys Jones
  • Sami Moisio

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This paper examines scholarly and policy debates concerning the notion of spatial justice through reference to the idea of capacity. Our empirical material, drawn from a Horizon 2020 project, highlights a concern with three different yet overlapping aspects of capacity in relation to spatial justice, namely the capacity of regional actors: to make decisions concerning the distribution of resources and services; to create or enact appropriate formal and informal institutional structures to realise policy goals; and to develop spatially just policies in ways that recognise the geographical contexts in which they operate. Our study illustrates the need for additional clarity when viewing spatial justice as a matter of capacity. It also highlights the fact that enhanced capacity, alone, while an important precursor of spatial justice, does not guarantee spatial justice within specific regional settings.

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  • Rhys Jones & Sami Moisio, 2025. "Regions and the search for spatial justice: a question of capacity?," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 2390505-239, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:59:y:2025:i:1:p:2390505
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2390505
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