In this article I locate some of the fundamental problems of self-determination within the context of an evolving international society. First, I argue that one particular manifestation of self-determination, that of national self-determination, is both a solution to the enduring problem of territorial legitimation in international relations as well as the source of subsequent challenges to ter...

This paper deals with the following terms: territorial cohesion, territorial cooperation, convergence and local development. Through a comparative analysis of the concepts mentioned above, we have noticed that regional policy aims precisely the realization of economic convergence, territorial cohesion, the development of localities and last but not least the economic development of European ter...

The territorial dimension has been gaining greater prominence on the EU agenda. Traditionally underestimated, despite the fact that the implementation of EU funds is referenced to specific territorial units, the construction of a systemized knowledge on European territorial reality was intensified in the first decade of this century and became official with the approval of the Treaty of Lisbon ...

Northern Sweden is increasingly influenced by competing social interests striving for advantages and claiming territorial influence through “scalar politics”. The strategic deployment of scalar conceptions is an integral part of policy making and implementation. Increasing use of varying scalar conceptions follows from “new spatial planning” practices. Set territorial delineations and administr...