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Conflict and compromise among borderland identities in northern Italy
Author(s) -
Kaplan David
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9663.00092
Subject(s) - national identities , identity (music) , argument (complex analysis) , ethnic group , compromise , competition (biology) , economic geography , national identity , geography , european union , gender studies , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , politics , acoustics , economic policy , biology , business
Borderlands are dominated by the interplay, overlap and competition of larger national identities. This paper examines the interaction of separate national, regional and local identities in two borderland regions of Northern Italy: the Alto‐Adige/Suüdtirol region and the Julian region (which includes the city of Trieste). The main argument is that the histories of these two borderland regions have rendered a mixture of incompatible identities. While these identities continue to rival one another, there is a possibility that changes in ethnic attitudes and macro‐developments, including the strengthening of the European Union, may allow for the creation of a distinct borderland identity. This identity would exist in conjunction with the identities that exist at larger and smaller spatial scales.