Regionalism in a Europe without Borders.Some Approaches on Bihor County
Regionalism in a Europe without Borders.Some Approaches on Bihor County
Author(s): Adriana Popescu, Ludovic NicaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii din Oradea
Keywords: European region; regionalism; regionalization; ‘new’ regionalism; regional identity; subsidiarity; Bihor consciousness; Bihor “micro-Europe”
Summary/Abstract: Regionalism nowadays is definitely in focus. Establishments of various regional organizations are seen in almost every part of the world. Therefore, this paper aims at focusing on regionalism developed especially at European level. Considering this, one of the purposes is to outline the main characteristics of regionalism, its capacities of tackling with regional issues and its implications when is brought to stand face to face with regionalization. In order to understand better the features of regionalism network we resorted to its approaches on the Bihor County. Different raising questions – To which degree can we talk about regionalism in this case? What type of regionalism? How it is developing and what are its outcomes? – are undoubtedly challenging and deserve a special attention. The appealing to the case of Bihor County accounts on the region’s peculiarity as a “micro-Europe”, greatly allowing us to point out regionalism’s implications from political, economic, social and cultural point of views. Additionally, since the ‘new’ regionalism is foreshadowing we endeavor to notice if there takes place a nascent of this in a relatively malleable region.
Journal: Eurolimes
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 179-193
- Page Count: 14
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