The Borders Within: Causes and Fixes of Geographic Divides

Michael Donnelly; Danny Dorling

doi:10.46692/9781447369097

The Borders Within

Causes and Fixes of Geographic Divides

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Michael Donnelly, University of Bath
Foreword by Danny Dorling

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: September 2025
Print publication year:: 2025
Online ISBN:: 9781447369097
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447369097

Subjects:: Politics: General Interest, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Politics and International Relations, Media, Mass Communication

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Geographic divisions that exist within countries - 'the borders within' - can be seen in economic growth and health and educational outcomes. Drawing on research with over 200 young people across seventeen different localities in the UK, this book proposes a novel framework and alternative starting point for how we address borders within countries.

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Causes and Fixes of Geographic Divides

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

List of figures and tables
pp iv-iv

Acknowledgements
pp v-v

Foreword
pp vi-viii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-22

2 - The problem of geographic divisions
pp 23-47

3 - Knowing a place
pp 48-66

4 - Places worth knowing
pp 67-82

5 - People worth knowing
pp 83-100

6 - Place is positional
pp 101-119

7 - Place is person-centred
pp 120-138

8 - The flawed logics of regional development
pp 139-151

9 - Growing local economies
pp 152-167

10 - Educational fixes?
pp 168-180

11 - Dismantling the borders within
pp 181-189

Notes
pp 190-190

Index
pp 191-198

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