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Holding the Line : Borders in a Global World.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicol, Heather N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2000.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Part 1 The World Stage
  • New Opportunities and Problems; 1 Boundary Permeability in Perspective; 2 Information Geopolitics: Blurring the Lines of Sovereignty; 3 Law, Sovereignty, and Transnationalism: Delivering Social Goods Using a Functional Approach to Borders; Part 2 Regionalism and Subregionalism in Europe; 4 European Borders in Transition: The Internal and External Frontiers of the European Union; 5 Transnational Regionalism, Strategic Geopolitics, and European Integration: The Case of the Baltic Sea Region; Part 3 Emerging Perspectives.
  • 6 Transfrontier Regionalism: The European Union Perspective on Postcolonial Africa, with Special Reference to Borgu7 Trans-Maritime Boundary Cooperation in Southeast Asia: Eroding or Enhancing the Importance of International Boundaries?; Part 4 RedeWning Boundaries in the Americas; 8 Neoliberal Caribbean Integration: The Role of the ACS in Restructuring Borderlines; 9 RedeWning the Nature and Functions of Boundaries: A South American Perspective; Part 5 A Borderless North America?; 10 Transportation and Competitiveness in North America: The Cascadian and San Diego- Tijuana Border Regions.
  • 11 ConXicting Transborder Visions and Agendas: Economic and Environmental Cascadians12 Cascadian Adventures: Shared Visions, Strategic Alliances, and Ingrained Barriers in a Transborder Region; 13 NAFTA and Transportation Corridor Improvement inWestern North America: Restructuring for the Twenty- First Century; Part 6 Borders as Metaphors; 14 Permeable Borders and Boundaries in a Globalizing World: Feeling at Home amidst Global Poverty; 15 Technopoles and Development in a " Borderless" World: Boundaries Erased, Boundaries Constructed; Part 7 Rethinking Borders
  • Lines, Spaces, and Continua.
  • 16 Complex Emergency Response Planning and Coordination: Potential GIS Applications17 GoodNeighbour Diplomacy Revisited; Part 8 Conclusions; 18 Towards a Geopolitics of Life and Living: Where Boundaries Still Matter; 19 From the International to the Local in the Study and Representation of Boundaries: Theoretical and Methodological Comments; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index.