Non contare, non contare più: declino territoriale, risentimento e marginalità sedimentata: To not matter, to not matter anymore: Regional decline, resentment and entrenched marginalisation

Barbara Staniscia; Giulia Fiorentino; Astrid Safina

doi:10.3280/rgioa3-2026oa23550

Opinion section

No. 3 (2026)

Non contare, non contare più: declino territoriale, risentimento e marginalità sedimentata: To not matter, to not matter anymore: Regional decline, resentment and entrenched marginalisation

Barbara Staniscia
Giulia Fiorentino
Astrid Safina

pdf (Italiano)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3280/rgioa3-2026oa23550
Submitted: agosto 27, 2026
Published: 2026-10-05

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How to Cite

Staniscia, B., Fiorentino, G., & Safina, A. (2026). Non contare, non contare più: declino territoriale, risentimento e marginalità sedimentata: To not matter, to not matter anymore: Regional decline, resentment and entrenched marginalisation. Rivista Geografica Italiana - Open Access, (3). https://doi.org/10.3280/rgioa3-2026oa23550

[1] Barca F. (2009). An agenda for a reformed cohesion policy: A place-based approach to meeting European Union challenges and expectations. Independent Report prepared at the request of Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy. Testo disponibile al

[2] sito www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/regi/dv/barca_report_/barca_report_en.pdf (consultato il 3 giugno 2026).

[3] Barca F., McCann P., Rodríguez-Pose A. (2012). The case for regional development intervention: Place-based versus place-neutral approaches. Journal of Regional Science, 52(1): 134-152. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00756.x.

[4] Carrosio G. (2019). I margini al centro. L’Italia delle aree interne tra fragilità e innovazione. Roma: Donzelli.

[5] Colantone I., Stanig P. (2018). Global competition and Brexit. American Political Science Review, 112(2): 201-218. DOI: 10.1017/S0003055417000685.

[6] Cresswell T. (2010). Towards a politics of mobility. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 28(1): 17-31. DOI: 10.1068/d11407.

[7] De Rossi A., a cura di (2018). Riabitare l’Italia. Le aree interne tra abbandoni e riconquiste. Roma: Donzelli.

[8] Dijkstra L., Poelman H., Rodríguez-Pose A. (2020). The geography of EU discontent. Regional Studies, 54(6): 737-753. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1654603.

[9] Essletzbichler J., Disslbacher F., Moser M. (2018). The victims of neoliberal globalisation and the rise of the populist vote: A comparative analysis of three recent electoral decisions. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 11(1): 73-94. DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsx025.

[10] Golder M. (2016). Far right parties in Europe. Annual Review of Political Science, 19: 477-497. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-042814-012441.

[11] Halfacree K. (2012). Heterolocal identities? Counter-urbanisation, second homes, and rural consumption in the era of mobilities. Population, Space and Place, 18(2): 209-224. DOI: 10.1002/psp.665.

[12] Inglehart, R., Norris, P. (2016). Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash (Working Paper No. RWP16-026). Harvard: Harvard Kennedy School. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2818659.

[13] Kriesi H., Grande E., Lachat R., Dolezal M., Bornschier S., Frey T. (2008). West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[14] Pike A., Rodríguez-Pose A., Tomaney J. (2007). What kind of local and regional development and for whom? Regional Studies, 41(9): 1253-1269. DOI: 10.1080/00343400701543355.

[15] Rodríguez-Pose A. (2018). The revenge of the places that don’t matter (and what to do about it). Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 11(1): 189-209. DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsx024.

[16] Rodríguez-Pose A. (2025). La vendetta dei luoghi che non contano. Disuguaglianze e voto di protesta, edizione italiana a cura di F. Barbera. Roma: Donzelli.

[17] Rodríguez-Pose A., Terrero-Dávila J., Lee N. (2023). Left-behind versus unequal places: Interpersonal inequality, economic decline and the rise of populism in the USA and Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 23(5): 951-977. DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbad005.

[18] Rodríguez-Pose A., Garcilazo E. (2015). Quality of government and the returns of investment: Examining the impact of cohesion expenditure in European regions. Regional Studies, 49(8): 1274-1290. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1007933.

[19] Rydgren J. (2007). The sociology of the radical right. Annual Review of Sociology, 33: 241-262. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131752.

[20] Sheller M., Urry J. (2006). The new mobilities paradigm. Environment and Planning A, 38(2): 207-226. DOI: 10.1068/a37268.

[21] Stockdale A. (2006). Migration: Pre-requisite for rural economic regeneration? Journal of Rural Studies, 22(3): 354-366. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2005.11.001.