GEOG 1001 Chapter : European Supranationalism
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European supranationalism (geography 1001 9/26/2013: empires developed but nation states developed within these empires, empires rose at expense of colonies, europeans were feudal since the middle ages approx. Devolution: weakening of a state by nations pushing themselves towards independence, lost a sense of unity, religious conflict, racial strife, language divides, ethnic separatism, regional desires, economic disparity, social well-being are contributing forces. Pluralistic states: multiple groups share a state even with disputing cultures and desires. Supranaturalism: multinational and multistate unions, bring countries together, 2 examples: european union and the establishment of the euro. Finland, sweden: 2004: cyprus, malta, estonia, latvia, lithuania, czech republic, slovakia, Euro: single currency for all member countries, must be member of european member to join, not all do most notably with the. United kingdom: debuted on january 1, 1999, members, initially: austria, belgium, finland, france, germany, ireland, italy, Luxembourg, netherlands, portugal, spain: 2011: greece, cyprus, malta, slovakia, estonia, monaco, san marino,
