Includes index.

Chapter 1. Introduction: spacial inequalities in the age of rapid technological advances / Helena Bohman, Peter G. Håkansson, Inge Thorsen -- Section I - Spatial divergence -- Chapter 2. Regional inequalities in Sweden 1985-2014 / Peter G. Håkansson, Magnus Andersson -- Chapter 3. Centralization and urbanization tendencies in Norway / Magnus Andersson, Peter G. Håkansson, Inge Thorsen -- Chapter 4. Spatial inequality in Croatia and Serbia / Helena Bohman, Peter G. Håkansson, Danjiel Nestić, Dejan Molnar -- Chapter 5. Impact and recovery: an analysis of the disintegration of Yugoslavia / Magnus Andersson, Souknilanh Keola, Mladen Stamenković -- Section II - Housing and institutional perspectives -- Chapter 6. Quality of government - Scandinavia vs. south east Europe / Lana Kordić, Željko Mrnjavac, Blanka Šimundić, Predrag Bejaković -- Chapter 7. Local initiatives for effective local labour markets / Predrag Bejaković -- Chapter 8. Housing and transaction costs / Peter Palm, Ola Jingryd, Lana Kordić -- Chapter 9. Residential mobility and housing policy - continuity and change in the Swedish housing regime / Bo Bengtsson, Peter G. Håkansson, Peter Karpestam -- Chapter 10. Housing policy and labour market in Croatia / Predrag Bejaković, Željko Mrnjavac -- Section III - Mobility -- Chapter 11. On an equal footing? Comparing commuting patterns across space and gender / Helena Bohman, Maja Jandrić, Liv Ostland -- Chapter 12. A multiple criteria approach to interregional migrations - the case of Serbia / Mihail Arandarenko, Salvatore Corrente, Maja Jandrić, Mladen Stamenković -- Index.

Seen as one explanation for the election of Trump, Brexit and the surge of a right-wing movement across Europe, spatial inequality has become an increasingly relevant topic. Offering in-depth perspectives on factors such as local labour markets, housing and mobility, this book investigates centralization tendencies in Scandinavia and South East Europe that help shape regional development and act as a catalyst to creating regional inequalities. Joining scholars from four countries, this book provides a micro-examination of the development of regional inequalities in four geographically peripheral countries which represent different ends of the income spectrum, contain both EU and non-EU members and reflect differing levels of economic development. Divided into three sub-themes, the sections in turn discuss the topics of spatial divergence and labour market development, housing and institutional perspectives, and finally mobility, migration and commuting.

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