Hope and path development in ‘left-behind’ places – a Southern perspective

Gideon Tups, Enock N. Sakala and Peter Dannenberg

Regional Studies, 2024, vol. 58, issue 6, 1219-1236

Abstract: Despite universalising ambition, the literature on ‘left-behind’ places is dominated by viral, noisy and Northern examples. Therefore, we examine the case of Zambia’s Western Province, a severely ‘left-behind’ place, to make two arguments based on a Southern experience. First, a systematic conceptualisation of hope shows that hope rather than hopelessness can prevail in ‘left-behind’ places. Second, hope against-all-odds may function as generative mechanism for quiet rather than noisy path-formation processes. Therefore, mundane path development in the (Southern) periphery requires attention if the literature on ‘left-behind’ places is to inform more foundational theorisations of uneven development.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2235396

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