Does anyone here know of any scholarship on regional identity formation and the causes of it? Preferably ones that approach the question from economic/environmental perspectives, rather than ethnicity, nationality or race.
For example, Cascadia. What political, social, economic, etc. factors cause people living in the region to identify as Cascadians? It doesn't appear to have a significant racial/ethnic dimension to it. Any info on other similar movements throughout history would be useful.
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Bump please
i dont really know any works on identity formantion but i would be mad interested if anyone knows any. I do know, however, that teh cascadia movement is very much connected with the bioregionalist movement. essentially the idea is that nation states need to reflect environmental rather than cultural areas so that people will connect with the earth and environment rather than massive bureaucratic institutions.
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I suggest you look into the history of Spanish America