New and old regional identities: conflict, exclusion and hybridity. The case of the Maule region

Authors

  • Francisco Letelier Universidad Católica del Maule. Talca, Chile.
  • Claudia Concha Universidad Católica del Maule. Talca, Chile.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612016000200012

Keywords:

regional and local development, territorial inequalities, descentralization

Abstract

This article reflects on the processes of region building, considering the case of the Maule region in Chile. Drawing upon the categories of old and new regions, as well as functional and deep identities (Passi, 2011; Terlouw, 2011), the territorial effects related to the Chilean process of regionalization, started in the 1970s are reviewed. Using different sources of information, the inequalities generated in the territory by this process are shown, conceptualized as the constitution of the new region, based in the two main cities of the region; and the precarization of the old region, represented by the old provinces. The first region is developed at the expense of the second one. Despite these differences, two hybridations are observed; the new region includes the old one, and vice versa. It is concluded that the management of this dichotomy is key to the processes of regional development.Í 

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Published

2016-04-29

How to Cite

Letelier, F., & Concha, C. (2016). New and old regional identities: conflict, exclusion and hybridity. The case of the Maule region. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 42(126). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612016000200012

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 126 (2016)

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