Boundaries and Place European Borderlands in Geographical Context

by Kaplan, David H.; Häkli, Jouni; Agnew, John; Bialasiewicz, Luiza; Eder, Susanne; Karppi, Kristiina; M. Kepka, Joanna M.; Klemencic, Mladen; Kuusisto-Arponen, Anna-Kaisa; Minghi, Julian; Murphy, Alexander B.; O'Loughlin, John; Paasi, Anssi; Raento, Pauliin

• ISBN13: 9780847698820
• ISBN10: 0847698823
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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. The contributors 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. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

David H. Kaplan is associate professor of geography at Kent State University. Jouni Hakli is professor of regional studies at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Learning from Europe? Borderlands in Social and Geographical Context	1	(17)
Jouni Hakli
David H. Kaplan
Part I. Boundaries in the New Europe
The `Civilisational' Roots of European National Boundaries	18	(16)
John Agnew
Changing Geographies of Scale and Hierarchy in European Borderlands	34	(16)
Julian Minghi
Euroregions in Comparative Perspective	50	(20)
Joanna M. M. Kepka
Alexander B. Murphy
Part II. Change in the `Established' Europe
Transboundary Networking in Catalonia	70	(23)
Jouni Hakli
Integration and Division in the Basque Borderland	93	(23)
Pauliina Raento
Asymmetrical and Hybrid Identities in the Northern Italian Borderlands	116	(25)
David H. Kaplan
Common Spirit in the Upper Rhine Valley?	141	(18)
Susanne Eder
Martin Sandtner
Urban Borderlands and the Politics of Place in Northern Ireland	159	(19)
Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto-Arponen
Part III. Change in the Emerging Europe
Place, Boundaries, and the Construction of Finnish Territory	178	(22)
Anssi Paasi
An Emerging Borderland in Eastern Slavonia?	200	(17)
Mladen Klemencic
Clive Schofield
Galician Identities and Political Cartographies on the Polish-Ukrainian Border	217	(22)
Luiza Bialasiewicz
John O'Loughlin
Place and Discourse in the Formation of the Northeast Estonian Borderland	239	(16)
Joni Virkkunen
Symbolic and Functional Balance on Europe's Northern Borders	255	(18)
Kristiina Karppi
Index	273	(11)
About the Contributors	284