ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on stigmatization as a form of spatial injustice. On the basis of case studies from Spain, Finland, Hungary, France, the Netherlands, and Romania, the authors compare ways in which stigmatization is linked with the material formation of peripheries, the constitution of which is a manifestation of spatial injustice and characterized, among others, by neighbourhoods that are impoverished, segregated, disadvantaged, polluted, and/or otherwise underdeveloped. The authors investigate the extent to which actions targeted at reducing stigmatization are informed by understandings of its complex socio-political, economic, and cultural underpinnings. In this way, the chapter provides analysis that can contribute to the understanding of the role of ideas and ideational hegemonies in the creation of socioeconomic and spatial orders.
