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The formation of nation-states is as much the result of developments regarding land and people, as of military and political struggle. How nationalists imagined the borders of their desired territory, and how they defined the 'nation' have determined the nature of the struggle. "Spatial Conceptions of the Nation" looks at the various aspects and stages of this process in Greece and Turkey - two states where alternative principles establishing the basis for territory and population continue to compete. This book considers the intellectual and political conditions within which variousl

Analysing the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s, this volume makes a major contribution to work on democratic regime transition in southern Europe

First made available online on 11 June 2018 ; The major impetus behind the original version of this essay was the belief that there are theoretical benefits to be derived from the comparative study of relatively homogeneous regions viewed from a macro-historical and macro-sociological perspective. One of its fundamental assumptions was, and still is, that Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain can, despite inevitable divergences in the evolution and development of their social and political institutions, be regarded as constituting such a region, especially since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and that they should, as a consequence, be studied as such. ; -- Preface, i -- Introduction, iii -- Part One, 1 -- Greece, 16 -- Italy, 55 -- Portugal, 71 -- Spain, 97 -- Turkey, 127 -- Conclusion, 150