As Borders Bend Transnational Spaces on the Pacific Rim

by Chen, Xiangming

• ISBN13: 9780742500938
• ISBN10: 0742500934
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This innovative book examines the complexities of de-bordering and re-bordering through a systematic comparison of seven transborder subregions along the western Pacific Rim and an extended analysis of the U.S.-Mexico border and several European border regions. Xiangming Chen offers a synthetic explanation for the complex and diverse processes and outcomes of economic growth, social transformation, and urban landscapes in the new transnational spaces around the porous and mutated borders of the Pacific Rim and beyond. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xii
List of Abbreviations	xix
Part I: Bending Borders and Emerging Transnational Spaces
Transborder Dynamics in a Global Era: Situating the Asia-Pacific Transborder Subregions	3	(20)
The Asia-Pacific Transborder Subregions: The Phenomenon, Historical Backdrop, and Conceptualization	23	(16)
From Different Perspectives to an Integrated Framework: A Synthetic Explanation	39	(22)
Part II: Diversity Among Three East Asian Cases
Binding Porous Borders: The Greater Southeast China Subregion	61	(46)
Bridging Ocean Boundaries: The Bohai/Yellow Sea Subregion	107	(35)
Spanning Socialist and Post-Socialist Borders: The Greater Tumen Subregion and Beyond	142	(43)
Part III: Comparisons, Generalizations, and Implications
Four Cases Across Southeast Asia	185	(46)
Variations Between the Pacific and the Atlantic	231	(31)
Re-bordering Transnational Spaces: Theoretical Contributions and Practical Challenges	262	(21)
Appendix	283	(15)
References	298	(25)
Index	323	(10)
About the Author	333