Resistance to the deinstitutionalization of a region: Borders, identity and activism in a municipality merger

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1065-1075

  Zimmerbauer, Kaj ^a   Suutari, Timo ^b   Saartenoja, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activism; Border; Deinstitutionalization; Finland; Regional identity; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84867091462     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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