Priestorová polarizácia spoločnosti s detailným pohľadom na periférne regióny Slovenska

• Authors: Halas M.

Title variants

EN

THE SPATIAL POLARISATION OF SOCIETY WITH A DETAILED REVIEW OF PERIPHERAL REGIONS IN SLOVAKIA

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The spatial polarisation of society is open to various research perspectives. It takes several forms and involves various epiphenomena. Consequently, it is the subject of research interest to scholars in various fields, especially sociologists, economists, regionalists, and regional geographers. The article focuses on selected aspects of peripherality and peripheral regions. The first part is devoted to the theoretical aspects of the polarisation of society, developmental interactions between the centre and the periphery, the relationship between peripherality and levels of hierarchy, peripherality and time, and the primary criteria of peripherality in inland and borderland regions. The second part applies theoretical-methodological findings to regions of Slovakia using selected quantitative methods. The author attempts to describe peripherality in multidimensional terms, and to identify the interconnections between various types of peripherality. Based on detailed statistical data on municipalities, he uses a broad range of indicators divided into four groups: human resources, economic potential, personal amenities, and access to centres. In conclusion the author identifies and categorises the peripheral regions of Slovakia and notes the existence of peripherality at regional and local levels.

Keywords

EN

CATEGORISATION OF PERIPHERIES; PERIPHERAL REGION; REGIONAL SOCIOLOGY; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL POLARISATION

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 349-369
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Halas M.

• M. Halas, Univerzita Palackeho v Olomouci, Czech Republic, http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/2774/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08CZAAAA04999512