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Examining contemporary cultural and political changes in Europe as they are reflected in the region's borderlands, this in-depth analysis combines the classical heritage of boundary studies with a profound understanding of the social construction of borders. The book employs a rich variety of perspectives on globalization, the rise of national and ethnic identities, contemporary European integration, and the enlargement of the EU. Utilizing original case studies that stretch from Lapland to Italy, from Serbia to Northern Ireland, the contributors draw upon border study methodologies ranging from survey questionnaires to discourse analysis, from landscape studies to the exploration of cultural texts. They pay particular attention to the role of geographical scale, identity, history, and social and economic contexts in the dynamic evolution of European borderlands. Throughout, the book explores how borderlands are experienced by ordinary people and employed by institutional actors in charge of cross-border cooperation.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Learning from Europe? Borderlands in Social and Geographical Context
Part 2 PART I: Boundaries in the New Europe
Chapter 3 The 'Civilisational' Roots of European National Boundaries
Chapter 4 Changing Geographies of Scale and Hierarchy in European Borderlands
Chapter 5 Euroregions in Comparative Perspective
Part 6 PART II: Change in the "Established" Europe
Chapter 7 Transboundary Networking in Catalonia
Chapter 8 Integration and Division in the Basque Borderland
Chapter 9 Asymmetrical and Hybrid Identities in the Northern Italian Borderlands
Chapter 10 Common Spirit in the Upper Rhine Valley?
Chapter 11 Urban Borderlands and the Politics of Place in Northern Ireland
Part 12 PART III: Change in the Emerging Europe
Chapter 13 Place, Boundaries, and the Construction of Finnish Territory
Chapter 14 An Emerging Borderland in Eastern Slavonia?
Chapter 15 Galician Identities and Political Cartographies on the Polish-Ukrainian Border
Chapter 16 Place and Discourse in the Formation of the Northeast Estonian Borderland
Chapter 17 Symbolic and Functional Balance on Europe's Northern Borders

Product details

Published 23 Oct 2002
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 304
ISBN 9780742571945
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Anthology Editor

David H. Kaplan

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Jouni Häkli

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John Agnew

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Susanne Eder

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Julian Minghi

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John O'Loughlin

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Anssi Paasi

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Pauliina Raento

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Martin Sandtner

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