Professional paper

Social-Territorial Identification, Region and Regionalism

Mirko Štifanić ; University of Rijeka

Abstract

The existence of social-territorial identification is a global fact. Regionalism is a great challenge of this historical period. Processes of regionalization develop in old national communities like Italy, as well as in a young one like Croatia. The appearance and representation of territorial organisations, which have been, so far, considered only executive margins of decisions reached somewhere else, are processes which should be supported not only for expected positive results but also because of high prices which should be paid in case of abandoning the same.
Regionalism as territorial and sub-national dimension is recognized as possibility of realization of more efficient solutions to problems such as employment, economic and productive organisation, solidarity and new forms of competition. At this level are primarily those European regions which can present themselves as new subjects of economic and cultural development. Under the influence of challenges of internal (des)integration in Croatia there arise questions if regions are contrary to the state or if these regions are a state in a state. This stimulates non-productive struggles.

Keywords

territory; home; homeland; nation; region; regionalism

Hrčak ID:

154552

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/154552

Publication date:

30.6.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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