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The Abduction Of Europe: A Plea For Less ‘Unionism’ And More Europe

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  • FREERK BOEDELTJE
  • HENK VAN HOUTUM

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This article claims that the development of a European super–state is undesirable and unreal. Europe has never presented itself as a single bordered entity supported by a constitution and a clear definition of Europe and non‐Europe. The contemporary forceful abduction by the European Union re‐creates Europe as a bounded political entity institutionalised through treaties and acts. It is made a socio‐political cultural construction embedded in its own created geography, history and culture. We will argue that European Union is not the same as Europe and that Europe is not a people. Europe is neither finite nor restrictive. The invention and fabrication of a bounded version of Europe leads to new forms of ‘spatial containerisation’ which carries the name of ‘Europeanization’.

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  • Freerk Boedeltje & Henk Van Houtum, 2008. "The Abduction Of Europe: A Plea For Less ‘Unionism’ And More Europe," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 99(3), pages 361-365, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:99:y:2008:i:3:p:361-365
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00467.x
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    1. Vitale Alessandro, 2011. "The Contemporary EU's Notion of Territoriality and External Borders," European Spatial Research and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 18(2), pages 17-27, November.

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