Re-scaling 'EU'rope: EU macro-regional fantasies in the Mediterranean

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-76

  Bialasiewicz, Luiza ^a   Giaccaria, Paolo ^b   Jones, Alun ^c   Minca, Claudio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borders; Europe; European Union; Mediterranean; regions

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOPOLITICS; POLICY APPROACH; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALIZATION;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84872011505     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776412463372     Document Type: Article

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