Changing Legitimacy and Identity
This textbook by Kees Terlouw examines legitimacy and identity from a relational and territorial perspective. It focuses on the historical and political development of the metropolitan regions of Amsterdam and Ruhr, with a timespan of 500 years.
Core content
The publication presents a new typology that analyzes the concepts of legitimacy and identity from both a relational and a territorial viewpoint. This approach makes clear how these themes are contextual and time-bound, and highlights the interweaving with history within politics and space.
The thorough comparison between Amsterdam and Ruhr provides valuable insights for discussions about territorial versus relational approaches within political geographic and social sciences.
Product details
- Author: Kees Terlouw
- Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Publication date: 2022-09-02
- Number of pages: 174
- ISBN: 9780367678159
- Subject: Human geography
- BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning
About the author
Kees Terlouw is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.