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INTRODUCTION
Transformationswhicharebroadlyassociatedwiththedevelopmentofthesys-
temofglobalinterdependenceandtheeconomybasedonhumanintellecthave
changedourreferencetotheterritoryandthusinfluencedthewayweusespace
today.Althoughthestatestillisandundoubtedlywillbeakeypointofreference
andguarantorofsocialorderforalongtime,itsefectivenessinmanyareasis
weakeningnow.Teinitiativeistakenbysubterritorialunitswhichheretofore
remainedintheshadow(forexampleregions)ornewterritorialitieswhichwere
notalwaysreflectedintheadministrativestructureofthestate(forinstancemet-
ropolitanareas).
Economicdevelopmentisoneofthoseareasthathasundergoneaterritori-
alisationprocess.Testatehaslosttheabilityofgeneratingeconomicgrowthin
thePost-Fordismeconomy,interalia,intheregionwhichaccumulatescapitals
necessaryforthedevelopmentandcreatinglocalenvironmentfavorabletoin-
novationsandcreativity.
Tetransformationoftheeconomicfundamentalsisalsoaccompaniedbythe
changesofcitizens’identity,whichisofenassociatedwiththecrisisofauniform
civicidentitywithinthenation-state.Teplaceofacoherentnationalcitizenship
isbeinggraduallyreplacedbypluralisticmodelincludingurban,metropolitan
and,aboveall,regionalidentity.
Bothgroupsofchangesrelatingtotheterritorialisation,namelyinthefield
ofeconomyandcitizenship,canoverlaponeanotherindiferentconfigurations,
showingpossiblecorrelationsbetweenregionalismandregionalisation.Region-
alism-beinganexpressionofspecificawarenessofpeoplelivinginagiven
territory,delineatingtheiridentityinculturalandethnic,aswellaseconomic
andpoliticallevels-mayormaynotleadtoregionalisationunderstoodassuch
atransformationofterritorial-administrativestructureofthestateinthecaseof
whichregionsbecomeindependentlocalgovernmentunitsequippedwithspe-
cificprerogativesandcompetencies.
