The Political Discourse of Spatial Disparities Geographical Inequali

This work aims to provide unique insights into the multidisciplinary research on spatial disparities from an unconventional point of view. It breaks with the conventional narrative that tends to interpret this theoretical tradition as a series of factual

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Ferenc Gyuris

The Political Discourse of Spatial Disparities Geographical Inequalities Between Science and Propaganda

Contributions to Political Science

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Ferenc Gyuris

The Political Discourse of Spatial Disparities Geographical Inequalities Between Science and Propaganda

Ferenc Gyuris Eo¨tvo¨s Lora´nd University Department of Regional Science Budapest Hungary

The present work is based on the author's PhD thesis, accepted at the University of Heidelberg under the title “The political discourse of spatial disparities. Propagandistic problematization and scientific legitimization in producing knowledge about geographical inequalities.”

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Preface

This volume is the result of a two-and-a-half year Ph.D. program in the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University. My aim with this work is to throw new light on some fundamental aspects of spatial disparity research, which had already become a major