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Inequality is growing within many countries, and diversified metropolitan regions are rapidly becoming the predominant form of human settlement worldwide. Territorial inequality has increasingly taken the form of metropolitan disparities, and presents growing challenges for governance. Regimes to address these challenges are embedded in a variety of institutions at multiple scales, from national constitutions to interlocal agreements. The spectrum of place equality regimes ranges from the partial Tieboutian regimes of the USA and India to the mainly egalitarian regimes of Sweden and the Czech Republic. The predominant regimes reflect various forms of partial equalization. Although neoliberal trends are evident in some countries, overall tendencies indicate convergence toward these intermediate forms. In developing countries, partial place equalization figures especially prominently in efforts to address inequality.
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Sellers, J.M., Arretche, M., Kübler, D., Razin, E. (2017). Conclusion. In: Sellers, J., Arretche, M., Kübler, D., Razin, E. (eds) Inequality and Governance in the Metropolis. Comparative Territorial Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57378-0_13
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