Facilitating citizen participation in marginalised neighbourhoods: selective empowerment in between vulnerability and active citizenship

Wetering, Simone van de

doi:10.1080/03003930.2023.2218801

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“…The existing literature on marginalization presents this concept as a process of social exclusion, following the experience of individual or collective depravation, both in terms of resources for a decent living [11] and social connections [6]. Another important aspect of marginalization is the economic, religious, social and political empowerment that a person can exercise in a society [12], seen as worthless in the eyes of society [13]. Therefore, marginal areas and marginalized people are usually seen as neglected and peripheral.…”

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Neglected and peripheral spaces: Challenges of Socioeconomic Marginalization in a south Carpathian area

Dragan,

Crețan,

Lungu

2024

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There has been debate recently on how the population in traditional mining areas of Central and Eastern Europe face precarity and marginalization. A spatial approach was employed in a Romanian context using available statistical data on a south Carpathian area (i.e Gorj County), surveys and in-depth interviews with residents in one of the rural communities of Gorj. Our findings highlight that a large number of rural localities in this county are technically, economically, and socially underdeveloped. Many inhabitants face a lack of financial resources and employment opportunities, which has led to the emigration of young people to larger Romanian cities or to other countries. We conclude that in order to avoid a much deeper social and spatial marginalization of local inhabitants, an integrated strategy is needed to target economic and social development, investment in infrastructure and public services, the promotion of employment and training opportunities, and to better integrate local culture and traditions into tourism.

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confidence: 99%