Organizing European SpaceSAGE Publications, 27 juil. 2000 - 216 pages This book combines perspectives from political science, history and geography to provide a comprehensive introduction to 'Europe' or European space as we understand it today. Central to the book is the phenomenon of the sovereign state and the question of alternative ways of organizing Europe politically and economically. The book explores four different ways of organizing space: state, union, region and network. By tracing the origins of the sovereign state in Europe, the book first reviews the resilience and adaptability of the sovereign state historically, and then looks at the implications of the contradictory processes of integration and fragmentation, or globalization and regionalization, present to |
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... Europe . In the east , the predominant problems are linked to immobile production sectors . These are largely lingering problems from the heydays of industrialism . Old , pre - Second World War plants 162 ORGANIZING EUROPEAN SPACE.
... Europe . In the east , the predominant problems are linked to immobile production sectors . These are largely lingering problems from the heydays of industrialism . Old , pre - Second World War plants 162 ORGANIZING EUROPEAN SPACE.
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... linked to the immediate territorial environment , the city within its walls . The city wall can be seen as a concrete expression of a conscious demarcation from surrounding territorial states and principalities . Entrance and exit took ...
... linked to the immediate territorial environment , the city within its walls . The city wall can be seen as a concrete expression of a conscious demarcation from surrounding territorial states and principalities . Entrance and exit took ...
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... linked large territories . This process started around the year 1800 , when local railroad tracks and horse - drawn wagons were introduced in the coal district of Newcastle in the northeast of England . A century later , Europe was ...
... linked large territories . This process started around the year 1800 , when local railroad tracks and horse - drawn wagons were introduced in the coal district of Newcastle in the northeast of England . A century later , Europe was ...
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vii | 109 |
Towards an Ever Closer Union? | 135 |
Places in Networks | 152 |
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