How the Geography of the Knowledge Economy Structures Social Identities: Reviving a Cleavage Perspective on the ‘Urban-Rural’ Divide

• In Event: The Political Economy of Knowledge and Automation

Brief Overview

This paper revives a cleavage perspective on the ‘urban-rural’ divide emerging in many advanced knowledge societies, showing how a sectoral and educational divide may become perceived and politically mobilized through the lens of place.

Author

• Delia Zollinger, University of Zurich