Euro-politics of scale: Competing visions of the region in eastern Germany

GeoJournal

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Johnson, Corey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; Germany; Political geography; Regionalism; Scale; Transboundary cooperation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUSINESS MEDIA; CASE STUDIES; EASTERN GERMANY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION (EU); POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; REAL WORLD; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONALISM; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 48349112270     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9166-4     Document Type: Review

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