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Changing Narratives on EU Multi-level Space in a Globalizing Era: How Hungary as a National Space became Part of the Story

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The political nature of spatial restructuring has featured prominently in recent discussions of globalization. This paper argues that we cannot understand these political processes by focusing on the interaction of institutional actors alone; we also need to consider how various spatial narratives are mobilized and interact to naturalize “given” scales and spaces. To illustrate these points, this paper first assesses the construction of a multi-level, united European Union (EU) space. It then more closely examines the narratives induced by Hungary's accession to complement institutional analyses in explaining why it was Hungarian national space—rather than the newly created regional spaces—that joined the EU in 2004. As will be shown, understandings of globalization, as part of these narratives, are indispensable to understand the re-scaling of governance.

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  • Krisztina Varró, 2007. "Changing Narratives on EU Multi-level Space in a Globalizing Era: How Hungary as a National Space became Part of the Story," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(7), pages 955-969, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:16:y:2007:i:7:p:955-969
    DOI: 10.1080/09654310802163751
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