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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... population , income , investments and several other variables . The largest functional city - regions in Europe have a population of over 10 million , while in the Nordic countries some barely count one million inhabitants . In Italy ...
... population , income , investments and several other variables . The largest functional city - regions in Europe have a population of over 10 million , while in the Nordic countries some barely count one million inhabitants . In Italy ...
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... population in Europe : how many can reach Stockholm ( number 1 in Figure 9.1 and Table 9.1 ) for a one - day visit ; how many can go to London ( number 28 ) , how many to Moscow ( number 92 ) , and so on . 15 The areas of the circles ...
... population in Europe : how many can reach Stockholm ( number 1 in Figure 9.1 and Table 9.1 ) for a one - day visit ; how many can go to London ( number 28 ) , how many to Moscow ( number 92 ) , and so on . 15 The areas of the circles ...
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... population . Approximately 100 million persons lived in Europe in the seventeenth century . In the early nineteenth century , the continent was home to 180 million ; by the end of that century , to 420 million people . Today , Europe ...
... population . Approximately 100 million persons lived in Europe in the seventeenth century . In the early nineteenth century , the continent was home to 180 million ; by the end of that century , to 420 million people . Today , Europe ...
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Towards an Ever Closer Union? | 135 |
Places in Networks | 152 |
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