ABSTRACT
In this work there are no conclusions as such, no easy answers to the questions raised. Nor do the results of my empirical investigation represent a new formal theory about uneven regional development. This was not the intention. My purpose has been to point to some of the sources of uneven regional development, taking specific historical examples from southern Europe. By considering regions and uneven regional development as the result of an endless struggle between regionalization and regionalism, over economic, political and cultural issues, I was able to propose a number of ideas about the relationship between social classes, social conflict, territory and the state.
