This title looks at borders as transitional zones. The past two
decades have seen an intense, interdisciplinary interest in the
border areas between states - inhabited territories located on the
margins of a power center or between power centers. This timely and
highly original collection of essays edited by noted scholar
William Zartman is an attempt 'to begin to understand both these
areas and the interactions that occur within and across them' -
that is, to understand how borders affect the groups living along
them and the nature of the land and people abutting on and divided
by boundaries. These essays highlight three defining features of
border areas: border landers constitute an experiential and
culturally identifiable unit; borderlands are characterized by
constant movement (in time, space, and activity); and in their
mobility, borderlands always prepare for the next move at the same
time as they respond to the last one. The ten case studies
presented range over four millennia and provide windows for
observing the dynamics of life in borderlands. They also have
policy relevance, especially in creating an awareness of
borderlands as dynamic social spheres and of the need to anticipate
the changes that given policies will engender - changes that will
in turn require their own solutions. Contrary to what one would
expect in this age of globalization, says Zartman, borderlands
maintain their own dynamics and identities and indeed spread beyond
the fringes of the border and reach deep into the hinterland
itself.
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