Economic and Cultural Peripheralization in the Eurozone

Antonio Luigi Paolilli

University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

DOI: 10.4236/sm.2014.41006                

Abstract

In this paper, we will discuss the reasonableness of the decision by Italy and other southern and western EU states to become members of the eurozone. We will also discuss whether this economic choice can be socially and culturally sustainable in a Europe characterized by cultures which, despite their shared substratum, are in competition with each other.

Keywords

Peripheralization; Social Cohesion; Economic History

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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