Obstacles to local cooperation in fragmented, left-behind economies: an integrated framework

Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni

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Abstract: Fostering cooperation among local stakeholders is a core aim of place-based policies, and it can generate economic benefits and help restore a sense of agency in left-behind communities. However, relatively little is known about how to induce local cooperation in low-trust, institutionally weak areas. This article develops an integrated theoretical framework to help diagnose the precise obstacles to cooperation faced in different types of adverse settings. Such a diagnosis can help design tailored local- and macro-level policies to address the obstacles to local cooperation. The utility of the proposed framework is demonstrated using a medium-n comparative case study design.

Keywords: local cooperation; place-based policies; trust; entrepreneurship; local governance; left-behind places; ES/ W00710X/1; Hellenic Bank Association Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2023 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H70 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2024-07-01
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Published in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1, July, 2024, 17(2), pp. 359 – 374. ISSN: 1752-1378

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