agency;
labour market;
public and private services;
regional opportunity structures;
rural regions;
social inequalities;
spatial inequalities;
OLD INDUSTRIAL REGIONS;
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT;
TRANSPORT POVERTY;
YOUNG-PEOPLE;
FUEL POVERTY;
FOOD DESERTS;
EXCLUSION;
ENGLAND;
GEOGRAPHY;
CITIES;
D O I:
10.1177/03091325221139980
中图分类号:
P9 [自然地理学];
K9 [地理];
学科分类号:
0705 ;
070501 ;
摘要:
This paper introduces and discusses regional opportunity structures as a concept for analysing the interlinkages between structural conditions in space, social inequalities, and people's agency, with a focus on non-metropolitan areas. The concept adds value in the following ways: (1) it emphasises the regional scale as an important spatial context of access to opportunities; (2) it accounts for the complexity of the regional context, which provides a plethora of opportunities; (3) it recognises the interdependencies of regional effects and other drivers of inequality; and (4) it takes the regional level seriously as a background of the agency of a region's inhabitants.