The conflicting logics of cross-border reterritorialization: Geopolitics of Euroregions in Eastern Europe

Political Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-438

  Popescu, Gabriel ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border reterritorialization; EU eastern borders; Euroregions; Geopolitics

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; TERRITORIALITY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLDOVA; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 44949213720     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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