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Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational
integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of
Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of critical
interest. The progressive enlargement of the EU has positioned its
borders at the heart of recent discussions on the changing nature
of the EU, the meaning of 'Europe' and what constitutional shape a
more politically unified Europe might take. With enlargement, the
EU must elaborate strategies to contend with a fiercely competitive
world - and to build fortress-like defences against perceived
tensions arising from greater cultural mixing and threats such as
terrorism. The authors build up an integral picture of the EU's
internal and external borders and borderlands to reveal the
processes of re-bordering and social change currently taking place
in Europe. They explore issues such as security, immigration,
economic development and changing social and political attitudes,
as well as the EU's relations with the Islamic world and other
world powers. The book embraces an array of disciplinary,
ideological and theoretical perspectives, offering detailed case
studies of different border regions and the concerns of the local
inhabitants, while engaging in broader discussions of developments
across Europe, state policies and the EU's relations with
neighbouring states. Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement will
be of key interest to students and researchers in the fields of
European politics, geography, international studies, sociology and
anthropology.
Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational
integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of
Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of critical
interest. The progressive enlargement of the EU has positioned its
borders at the heart of recent discussions on the changing nature
of the EU, the meaning of 'Europe' and what constitutional shape a
more politically unified Europe might take.
With enlargement, the EU must elaborate strategies to contend with
a fiercely competitive world - and to build fortress-like defences
against perceived tensions arising from greater cultural mixing and
threats such as terrorism. The authors build up an integral picture
of the EU's internal and external borders and borderlands to reveal
the processes of re-bordering and social change currently taking
place in Europe. They explore issues such as security, immigration,
economic development and changing social and political attitudes,
as well as the EU's relations with the Islamic world and other
world powers. The book embraces an array of disciplinary,
ideological and theoretical perspectives, offering detailed case
studies of different border regions and the concerns of the local
inhabitants, while engaging in broader discussions of developments
across Europe, state policies and the EU's relations with
neighbouring states.
Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement will be of key interest
to students and researchers in the fields of European politics,
geography, international studies, sociology and anthropology.
In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international
business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh
development strategies of Third World countries. The authors of
Theatres of Accumulation argue that these cities play a crucial
role in the process of capital accumulation and of unequal exchange
and dependency. They examine the twin patterns of convergence and
divergence in lifestyles and economic activities, and show how the
flow of capital through the urban system beings net losses to the
rural regions and further exacerbates income inequalities between
regions and classes. Theatres of accumulation provides an overview
of urbanization in the Third World, as well as specific case
studies. It deals with theoretical issues and projects the likely
developments in urbanization in the future. Armstrong and McGee's
work is essential reading for social science and planning
professionals and students, in the developed world and the Third
World, who are concerned with urban processes. This book was first
published in 1985.
New perspectives on the past and present contributions of the 25
million strong Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia to the
development of contemporary society. Case studies feature
organisational, community, religious, and other arenas of Chinese
activity and identity definition, and the book analyses the
interplay of local, regional, global and transnational networks and
identities.
In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international
business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh
development strategies of Third World countries. The authors of
Theatres of Accumulation argue that these cities play a crucial
role in the process of capital accumulation and of unequal exchange
and dependency. They examine the twin patterns of convergence and
divergence in lifestyles and economic activities, and show how the
flow of capital through the urban system beings net losses to the
rural regions and further exacerbates income inequalities between
regions and classes. Theatres of accumulation provides an overview
of urbanization in the Third World, as well as specific case
studies. It deals with theoretical issues and projects the likely
developments in urbanization in the future. Armstrong and McGee's
work is essential reading for social science and planning
professionals and students, in the developed world and the Third
World, who are concerned with urban processes. This book was first
published in 1985.
New perspectives on the past and present contributions of the 25 million strong Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia to the development of contemporary society. Case studies feature organisational, community, religious, and other arenas of Chinese activity and identity definition, and the book analyses the interplay of local, regional, global and transnational networks and identities.
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