Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World

Paul Ganster, David E. Lorey

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2004
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780742571907
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Borders represent an intriguing paradox as globalization continues to leap barriers at a vigorous pace, merging economies and cultures through world trade, economic integration, the mass media, the Internet, and increasingly mobile populations. At the same time, the political boundaries separating peoples remain pervasive and problematic. Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World offers a carefully selected group of readings to enhance student understanding of the complexities of border regions. The reader brings together key writings on the histories of borders, their social development, their politics, and the daily life that characterizes them. The authors place their analyses of these issues in an international context, stressing how borders influence, and how they are influenced by, global processes. The selections provide a window on our current understanding of human interactions at and along national and interethnic boundaries, interactions that will characterize borders and border politics for decades to come.

Drawing on a worldwide set of case studies, this text divides border issues into seven thematic categories: borders as barriers; borders, migrants, and refugees; borders and partitioned groups; borders, perceptions and culture; borders and the environment; borders, goods, and services; and maritime and space borders. An excellent text for courses on boundaries, ethnicity, and international relations, this collection of cutting-edge information and analysis on borders and border politics in the context of ongoing globalization will shed light both upon international and subnational boundaries and upon the unfolding processes of globalization.

Table of contents

• The World Beat Series
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Glossary
• 1 - Hadrian’s Wall
• 2 - The Great Wall of China
• 3 - The Berlin Wall
• 4 - Sahuayo, Mexico, and Its U.S. Colonies
• 5 - Migration from Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe to South Africa
• 6 - West African Boundary Making
• 7 - The Jívaro People between Peru and Ecuador
• 8 - Boundaries as Social Practice and Discourse
• 9 - The Attitudes of Youth toward the Other Side
• 10 - Meaning and Significance of the Canadian-American Border
• 11 - Northern Ireland
• 12 - The Fault Line between Israelis and Palestinians
• 13 - Environment, Development, and Security in Border Regions
• 14 - Disaster on the Danube
• 15 - Border Regions and Transborder Conservation in Central America
• 16 - The U.S.-Mexican Border as Locator of Innovation and Vice
• 17 - Cross-Border Shopping
• 18 - Maritime Agreements and Oil Exploration in the Gulf of Thailand
• 19 - New Borders
• Suggested Readings
• Index