| Titre | From Valais to Europe : a regional pressure group takes up a stance in the European debate on mountains | |
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| Auteur | Gilles Rudaz | |
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Revue | Revue de Géographie Alpine |
| Numéro | vol. 94, no 3, 2006 Mélanges 2006 | |
| Page | 55-64 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Summary : This article looks at the international opening of a regional pressure group based in Switzerland, the Groupement de la population de montagne du Valais romand (French-speaking Valais mountain population group). Three factors explain how this opening came about in the nineties : debates about Switzerland's membership of the European Economic Area, providing a fertile terrain for cross-border and international cooperation, fear of outsiders taking over the region via the Alpine Convention, which was to become a federating theme, and the organisation of mountain dwellers' interests on a European scale, which acts as a sustainable driving force behind the relations set up. In turn, this international opening was to change the « geography » of the group itself. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/doc/rga_0035-1121_2006_num_94_3_2406 |
