POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN EUROPE AVTOR Norbert Pap Naziv: Ph. D, geographer, director Naslov: Center of Eastern-Mediterranean and Balkan Studies, University of Pécs, Szo ´´lész du ´´lo ´´ 3, H – 7634 Pécs, Hungary E-po{ta: pnorbert@ttk.pte.hu Telefon: +36 72 711 943 Faks: +36 72 501 531 UDK: 32(4-13) COBISS: 1.02 ABSTRACT Political geography of Southern Europe Southern Europe carries a particular value content, therefore it is problematic to accurately define it. There are ten different states in this area (Andorra, both Cypruses, Greece, Malta, Italy, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, and Vatican). They form four characteristic groups. These are relict states, de-colonized states, for- mulating national states, decaying imperial centres. In this paper, I have given you a view on Southern Europe political geographic issues. KEYWORDS relict states, de-colonised states, formulating national states, decaying imperial centres IZVLE^EK Politi~na geografija Ju`ne Evrope Ju`no Evropo dolo~ajo razli~ne vsebine, zato jo je te`ko enozna~no opredeliti. Ob razpadu bipolarega sve- ta se je oblikovalo ve~ nasprotnih teorij o njeni prihodnosti. Tu le`i deset razli~nih dr`av (Andora, oba Cipra, Gr~ija, Italija, Malta, Portugalska, San Marino, [panija in Vatikan), ki smo jih razdelili v {tiri skupine: reliktne dr`ave, dekolonizirane dr`ave, nacionalne dr`ave in nekdanje imperialne dr`ave. KLJU^NE BESEDE Ju`na Evropa, reliktne dr`ave, dekolonizirane dr`ave, nacionalne dr`ave, nekdanje imperialne dr`ave Uredni{tvo je prispevek prejelo 12. januarja 2003. 101 Geografski vestnik 75-2, 2003, 101–109 Razgledi RAZGLEDI