Regionalism in the European Union by Peter Wagstaff (9781841500010)
Peter Wagstaff
Release Date: 01 Feb 1999 Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Category: Political Geography Publisher: UNIREPS ISBN: 9781841500010 ISBN-10: 1841500011
This text provides an examination of the balance between state and region, centre and periphery, capital and province, within a variety of member states of the European Union. In each case there is analysis of the affirmation of regional identity in a historical context, the growth of regional development, and the dynamics of region/state and inter-regional competition and cooperation. The book questions what it means to be Welsh, or British: Breton, or French: Catalan, or Spanish. It asks questions like - what does it mean to be European? And what are the relationships between categories of belonging?