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<journal-id>0185-1918</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-1918</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-19182005000200055</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Regionalización y formación de sociedades supranacionales: El paradigma de la Unión Europea]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Psarou]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Magdalini]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Macedonia Ciencias Sociales y Económicas Department of International, European Economic and Political]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tesalónica ]]></addr-line>
<country>Greece</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2005</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2005</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>47</volume>
<numero>194</numero>
<fpage>55</fpage>
<lpage>77</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-19182005000200055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-19182005000200055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-19182005000200055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este artículo, la autora aborda la formación, características e impacto histórico del Estado-nación como preámbulo a la temática de la Unión Europea, el ejemplo más avanzado de integración regional multinacional, y su realidad actual. El análisis se centra en las problemáticas derivadas de su gestación, funcionamiento y aplicación como un macro proyecto político, económico, social, cultural y de identidad destinado a ser ejemplo de unidad, tolerancia y aceptación de la alteridad en una realidad antagonizada entre la globalización y la regionalización.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this article, the author analyses the formation, characteristics and historical impact of the Nation-State as a preamble to the European Union thematic, the more advanced example of multinational- regional integration, and its nowadays reality. The analysis is centered in the problems caused by its gestation, functioning and application as a macro political, economical, social, cultural and of creation of identity project destined to be an example of unity, tolerance and acceptance of the alteration in an antagonist reality between globalization and regionalization.]]></p></abstract>
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