Globalization, regionalization and cross-border regions

Titel: Globalization, regionalization and cross-border regions / ed. by Markus Perkmann ...
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Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
Umfang: XIV, 266 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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International political economy series
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ISBN: 0333919297 ; 9780333919293
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Cross-border regions are newly emerging social spaces stretching across national borders. Globalization makes national borders more permeable and leads to a rearrangement of economic and political interactions. This is particularly pronounced within supra-regional blocs featuring specific internal border regimes. The ensuing opportunities are increasingly seized to create border-spanning discourses and institutions. This is illustrated in the book by a range of experts analyzing cross-border regions in Europe, America, East Asia and Africa.