REGIONAL PAROXYSMS IN PORTUGAL: TOP-DOWN OR BOTTOM-UP DEVELOPMENT?

Authors

  • Paulo Castro Seixas
  • Avelino Oliveira
  • Ricardo Cunha Dias

Keywords:

Portugal 2020, Territorial Development, Region, Regional Paroxysms.

Abstract

The current European development paradigm implies a strategy which takes people and territories (people-centred and place-based policies) into account. Nevertheless, financing such a strategy entails following pre-established objectives. This text explores the "schizoid" character resulting from this duplicity in the Portugal 2020, presenting a systematization of developmental paradoxes according to three levels of analysis: European mega-regions; national regions; and intra-regional processes. As a corollary, it is proposed that regional development can be understood in terms of two major problematics ("˜follow the people' vs. "˜follow the money' and evidence-based policy vs. policy-based evidence) and two developmental traps (the money trap and the territory trap). It is concluded that the Region as a development territory reveals a strategic, administrative and sociological fragility.

Published

2020-02-12

How to Cite

Seixas, P. C., Oliveira, A., & Dias, R. C. (2020). REGIONAL PAROXYSMS IN PORTUGAL: TOP-DOWN OR BOTTOM-UP DEVELOPMENT?. Revista Brasileira De Gestão E Desenvolvimento Regional, 16(1). Retrieved from https://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdr/article/view/5352

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