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Articles | Volume 79, issue 3
Articles | Volume 79, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-79-221-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-79-221-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 79, issue 3
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02 Aug 2024
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Suspended in time? Peripheralised and “left behind” places in Germany

Jeroen Royer and Tim Leibert

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The terms left behind, Abgehängte (suspended), and structurally weak have gained popularity to describe regions with increased support for right-wing populist parties in Germany and elsewhere. These concepts are not clearly defined. We give meaning to left behind places in Germany both by identifying the dimensions and varieties of left-behindness and by framing it as an outcome of peripheralisation processes. 
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