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Evidence of Place: Becoming a Region in Rural Canada
Author(s) -
Markey Sean,
Breen SarahPatricia,
Vodden Kelly,
Daniels Jen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12298
Subject(s) - regionalism (politics) , identity (music) , dimension (graph theory) , regional development , task force , sociology , economic geography , political science , regional science , geography , public administration , aesthetics , law , philosophy , mathematics , politics , pure mathematics , democracy
The purpose of this article is to investigate whether place is emerging in practice as a critical dimension in the development of Canadian rural regions. Recently, Jones and Paasi set regional researchers the task of better understanding how regions ‘become'. In researching this question, we are particularly interested in the definition and expression of place‐based identity as a mobilizing force for regionalism. Our findings suggest that, while identity plays a critical role in fostering regional development processes, it is either too emergent or actively resisted within our research sites to be a significant force for place‐based regional development.