Евроапа и създаването на регионални идеологии: област Кърджали
Europe and the emergence of regional ideologies: the district of Kurjali

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the district of Kurdjaii as a case in point showing how the beginning integration of Bulgaria in European structures contributes to the formation of regional ideologies. On one hand, the concept of ,,Europe" is a power resource, a tool for legitimizing the local elite; on the other, multiple values related to Europe, such as cooperation across borders and regional multiculturalism, are used in the formation of a regional ideology, which shifts the center of gravity from the capital, Sofia, southward and beyond the borders of Bulgaria. In turn, the direct contacts of the local elite with representatives of European structures, and direct benefiting from financing programs, serve to consolidate regionalism.

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