From Territorial Cohesion to Regional Spatial Justice: The Well-Being of Future Generations Act in Wales
From Territorial Cohesion to Regional Spatial Justice: The Well-Being of Future Generations Act in Wales
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从领土凝聚力到区域空间正义：威尔士后代福祉法案
DOI：
10.1111/1468-2427.12909
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Jones R
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作者：
Jones R
有证据表明，欧盟的旗舰凝聚力政策（Cohesion Policy）的经济效益令人怀疑，而推动欧洲一体化的理想本身也面临着越来越多的政治和哲学批评。本文考察了通过威尔士区域发展实现领土凝聚力的雄心。我们认为，一个潜在的替代失败的领土凝聚力的实现在于空间正义原则。地域凝聚力通常强调将资金再分配给“落后”地区，而空间正义，正如我们所定义的那样，其前提是使地区能够维护自己的行动能力，追求区域未来的积极愿景，考虑空间和规模对实现正义的影响，并以反映区域优先事项的方式定义福祉、发展和“美好生活”。我们研究了威尔士最近的政治话语和政策机制与这些理想共鸣的三种方式。我们专注于设想一个进步的威尔士未来，发展替代空间和治理规模，并重新定义和多元化对进步和福祉的理解。文章最后反思了将空间正义重新定义为区域语境的实践意义和概念意义。
The European Union's flagship Cohesion Policy faces evidence of dubious economic effectiveness and growing political and philosophical critiques of the very ideals of furthering European integration. This article examines ambitions for territorial cohesion as they have been operationalized through regional development in Wales. We argue that a potential alternative to the failed realization of territorial cohesion lies in the principles of spatial justice. While territorial cohesion has typically emphasized the redistribution of funds to ‘lagging’ regions, spatial justice, as we define it, is premised upon enabling regions to assert their own capacity to act and pursue positive visions of regional futures, consider the implications of space and scale for the achievement of justice, and define well‐being, development and the ‘good life’ in ways that reflect regional priorities. We examine three ways in which recent political discourses and policy mechanisms in Wales resonate with these ideals. We focus on attempts to envision a progressive Welsh future, develop alternative spaces and scales of governance, and redefine and pluralize understandings of progress and well‐being. The article concludes by reflecting on the practical and conceptual implications of rescaling spatial justice to regional contexts.