MODERNIZACIJSKI PROCESI I OBLICI TERITORIJALNE PRIPADNOSTI
MODERNIZATION PROCESSES AND FORMS OF TERRITORIAL AFFILIATION

Summary/Abstract: In the first part of the paper the theoretical aspects of the relationship between modernization and territorial affiliation are discussed. The ever greater acceleration of modernization processes generated by technological development is erasing the ties between individuals and territory which is particularly manifested in the process of "globalization". Deterritorialization of social affiliation and identity enhances mobilizational processes on opposite bases. The affirmation of subnational - regional and local - identities is taking place in a new social, cultural and political environment, bringing about new forms of territorial affiliation. The second part of the paper presents the results of research of regional mobilization in Istria. The author's attention is focused on the basic dimensions of regional affiliation. The research results indicate greater territorial ties on a regional level, but this does not imply the spreading of radical forms of regionalism. As far as structural features of regionalism in Istria are concerned, the research indicates a layered and complex phenomenon, in which traditional and modern elements have intertwined and become inseparable.

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