Europe as a Social Process and Discourse: Considerations of Place, Boundaries and Identity

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-28

  Paasi, Anssi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

European Union; identity; place; region; state

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; EUROPEAN UNION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SENSE OF PLACE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0035077332     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096977640100800102     Document Type: Article

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