Regions and Territorial Autonomy in Southeastern Europe

TY - CHAP

T1 - Regions and Territorial Autonomy in Southeastern Europe

AU - Stjepanović, Dejan

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Thus far, regionalism and sub-state territorial politics in the Balkans have yet to receive significant scholarly attention. Those who do engage in the debate have often argued that territorial restructuring in post-communist Europe, and by extension in the greater part of Southeastern Europe (SEE), is a direct result of the conditions for entry into the European Union (EU) and the absorption of EU funds. What characterizes all these different countries is a top-down process creating administrative and/or functional regions.

AB - Thus far, regionalism and sub-state territorial politics in the Balkans have yet to receive significant scholarly attention. Those who do engage in the debate have often argued that territorial restructuring in post-communist Europe, and by extension in the greater part of Southeastern Europe (SEE), is a direct result of the conditions for entry into the European Union (EU) and the absorption of EU funds. What characterizes all these different countries is a top-down process creating administrative and/or functional regions.

KW - Europe

KW - Income

KW - Turkey

KW - Posit

KW - Milo

U2 - 10.1057/9780230365322_12

DO - 10.1057/9780230365322_12

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-1-349-34937-1

SP - 185

EP - 199

BT - Political Autonomy and Divided Societies

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - London

ER -