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Author: Christian Sellar Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031260449 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 141
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This book presents the work of Gianfranco Battisti, on Geopolitics and Border Geographies in north-eastern Italy, Europeanization, and Globalization, contributing to debates on the inclusion of non-English speaking scholars in international geography. It highlights the institutions and cultures that shaped more than fifty years of his writing, as they emerged through his biography, theoretical contributions, and methods. Battisti uses historical geographies as tools to explain contemporary geopolitics while maintaining a high attentiveness to data-driven research. He applies these tools to investigate ‘geographical facts’ at the local, regional and global scale, viewed from the distinctive viewpoint of the city of Trieste, a laboratory of geopolitical change for more than two centuries. To better understand the importance of place in the production of geographical theories and methods, this book discusses Battisti’s biography in the context of the Triestino School of geography that started from the same French and German classics that shaped Anglo-American geography in the 19th century to later express original features. This book explains such features by introducing the concept of Geography as an industry that operates in a local and global context. It then deploys the methods Battisti developed within his school to discuss the realities and problems of borderlands in a historic and local context during the first and second World Wars and the geopolitical rationale that shaped the times between. The book continues to give an outlook, on how Europe reconstructed itself geopolitically, the implications thereof, and a comparison of how this fits in with geopolitical agendas on a global scale.
Author: Christian Sellar Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031260449 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 141
Book Description
This book presents the work of Gianfranco Battisti, on Geopolitics and Border Geographies in north-eastern Italy, Europeanization, and Globalization, contributing to debates on the inclusion of non-English speaking scholars in international geography. It highlights the institutions and cultures that shaped more than fifty years of his writing, as they emerged through his biography, theoretical contributions, and methods. Battisti uses historical geographies as tools to explain contemporary geopolitics while maintaining a high attentiveness to data-driven research. He applies these tools to investigate ‘geographical facts’ at the local, regional and global scale, viewed from the distinctive viewpoint of the city of Trieste, a laboratory of geopolitical change for more than two centuries. To better understand the importance of place in the production of geographical theories and methods, this book discusses Battisti’s biography in the context of the Triestino School of geography that started from the same French and German classics that shaped Anglo-American geography in the 19th century to later express original features. This book explains such features by introducing the concept of Geography as an industry that operates in a local and global context. It then deploys the methods Battisti developed within his school to discuss the realities and problems of borderlands in a historic and local context during the first and second World Wars and the geopolitical rationale that shaped the times between. The book continues to give an outlook, on how Europe reconstructed itself geopolitically, the implications thereof, and a comparison of how this fits in with geopolitical agendas on a global scale.
Author: Arnaldo Mauri Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Boundaries of states are often taken as a given although they seem, in not a few instances, to be quite arbitrary. Their origins and changes through the centuries need to be examined and interpreted in order to explain why some state boundaries are frozen (often for tiny states) whilst others are highly volatile. The paper introduces and discusses a book by Luigi Tomaz concerned with Italy's eastern borders I confini dell'Italia in Istria e Dalmazia, Edizioni Think ADV, Conselve, PD, 2007). Tomaz thoroughly traces the history of Italian boundaries on the eastern shores of the Adriatic, particularly of the boundaries in Istria and Dalmatia, and contends that for almost two millennia these territories were, for the most part, a natural appendix of the Peninsula and that this sea (named in the old maps 'Gulf of Venice') was actually an Italian gulf. Main emphasis is given to the fact that strong and steady linguistic, political, economic, religious, ethnic and cultural ties had linked - as a consequence also of two-way migration flows across the sea - the inhabitants of the two opposite seaboards. The paper's approach to the subject involves some preliminary reflections on the very concepts of Nation and State as these two terms are commonly considered near-synonyms and are often used interchangeably. They have, instead, definitely different meanings. The meaning of State is clear. Nation, instead, is an ambiguous term; it doesn't overlap with State and may be defined by a variety of different criteria. Once a set of fundamental parameters designed to define what can be considered a Nation, has been selected (according, however, to personal views) and established, stateless nations as well as nation-less states may be easily detected by studying a world map. Last two centuries have witnessed large-scale map redrawing also in Europe mainly because of winners taking, in peace settlements, war booty from defeated countries. On the other hand, artificial states have been sometimes unified or, instead, broken up. Secessions of one country from another or of a region from the rest of the country may occur also spontaneously when borders do not match a division of nationalities. Furthermore, mergers of countries that are geographically close as well as secessions of a region from the rest of the country may be the outcome of purely economic factors: the latter, perhaps, according to some authors, might be, in a near future, the case of some territories of Northern Italy if the central government in Rome will not manage to cut down the debt burden by reducing substantially wasteful public expenditure. Often, but not always, national borders' changes have reflected redrawing of state borders. Geopolitical and economic factors affecting changes of nation and state borders are analysed and discussed at the end also by mentioning specific examples.
Author: Nurit Kliot Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135305412 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 308
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An excellent examination of how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of globalization have brought about changes not only to the territorial configuration sovereignty of states and their boundaries, but also to traditional notions of state, boundaries, sovereignty and social order These essays focus on the key regional and geopolitical characteristics of this global reordering, with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and South Asia. They discuss the territorial reordering which is taking place at the level of the state as boundaries are redemarcated in line with ethno-territoral demands; as borders are transversed by the movement of peoples, information and finance; and as the lines of territorial demarcation are perceived not only in terms of their fixed characteristics but as part of a process through which regional and ethnic identities continue to be formed and reformed. Each section ends with articles which focus on literature on geopolitics and boundaries. This is an invaluable addition to our understanding of contemporary world affairs.
Author: Gregoria Manzin Publisher: Troubador Publishing ISBN: 9781780885711 Category : Boundaries in literature Languages : en Pages : 0
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'Torn Identities' explores the relation between borders and identity. Geopolitical maps show borders as lines of separation marking the point of divide between different nations. Yet borders are man-made and often artificially constructed lines. They divide territories but not necessarily cultures. History offers multiple world-wide examples of borders cutting through the social and cultural tissue of nations to sort out political disputes. One of these examples is the redrawing of the North-eastern border of Italy after WWII, with the cession of Istria and Dalmatia to former Yugoslavia in 1947. In 'Torn Identities' the author examines the life-stories of five women writers to explore the impact that shifting borderlines exercise on the sense of identity of individuals and communities affected by these changes. Framed by Jean-Luc Nancy's paradigm of the 'un-exposed as the non-existent', 'Torn Identities' traces the process of identity formation by following the writers' narrations of their own journeys. In doing so, it shows how these are narratives moulded by the desire to unveil one's distinctive voice. Utilising Adriana Cavarero's concept of identity as the figural unity of the picture left behind by our life-stories, 'Torn Identities' explores narrative as the locus to express who one is, as opposed to what we might be. Building on the ideas of Homi Bhabha, the geopolitical space is interpreted as the expression of a transnational reality. In this context, places of memory provide the grid by which one can examine the traumatic memories underpinning the writers' life-stories. From this perspective, borders are read as liminal spaces: as the locale of the intermingling of cultures and languages, and as the time-space mechanism to bridge over into the Other.
Author: Klaus Dodds Publisher: Diversion Books ISBN: 163576906X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 323
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An enlightening look at contemporary border tensions—from the Gaza Strip to the space race—by one of the world’s leading experts in geopolitics. Border expert Klaus Dodds journeys into the geopolitical clashes of tomorrow in an eye-opening tour of border walls both literal and figurative. In the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and elsewhere, the tension inherent to trying to divide the world into separate parcels has not gone away. And with climate change shifting our natural borders, from mountains to glaciers to rivers, the question of how we live in a world that’s becoming warmer and wetter and growing in population looms large. With wide-ranging insight and provocative analysis, Dodds shows why we are more likely to see more walls, barriers, and securitization in our daily lives. The New Border Wars examines just what borders truly mean in the modern world: How are they built; what do they signify for citizens and governments; and how do they help us understand our political past and, most importantly, our diplomatic future?
Author: Francesca Maria Corrao Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030690008 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 368
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Moving from a historical and cultural perspective, this book examines the geo-political and socio-economic changes involving the enlarged Mediterranean. Organised into two main sections, the first section (The new centrality of the Mediterranean Basin: Trends and Dynamics) is devoted to the analysis of the most relevant drivers and interdisciplinary broader issues, and the second section (Hotspots of Crisis and Regional Interferences in the Mediterranean) assesses the situation in some areas interested by the waves of uprisings since 2011-12. The book aims to uncover this new, critical centrality of the Mediterranean in the global scenario through the analysis of the interactions and intertwining of those trends and dynamics offering a historical holistic broad view. What follows is an Italian perspective that is the result of the research of a group of scholars who have been working for years on the first-hand sources of the countries examined. A peculiar vision connected not only to its unique geographical position at the center of the basin, but also to its deep relations with the southern shore throughout its long history.
Author: Warwick Armstrong Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134301316 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 301
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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.
Author: Francis W. Carter Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 360
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Has a new post-socialist Central Europe emerged? This question is doubly significant at the end of the 20th century when related to that combination of events which have led to the geopolitical destruction/reconstruction of the European continent. When related to the discipline of geography a further, far more delicate and complex methodological step arises with the question of how to synthetically identify a macro-region. It is important to determine whether Central Europe is more than a zone of transition, a mere stride from Europe's current political and economic core. Moreover, it is significant to assess whether processes affecting this region are modified or transformed by regional factors; or whether one can even observe processes typical for this region which are absent from others. This book deals with Central Europe's geopolitical position, together with the transformation and migration processes occurring there and its effect on that area.
Author: Dorte Jagetic Andersen Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317040082 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 275
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Addressing and conceptualizing the changing character of borders in contemporary Europe, this book examines developments occurring in the light of European integration processes and an on-going tightening of Europe's external borders. Moreover, the book suggests new ways of investigating the nature of European borders by looking at border practices in the light of the mobility turn, and thus as dynamic, multiple, diverse and best expressed in everyday experiences of people living at and with borders, rather than focusing on static territorial divisions between states and regions at geopolitical level. It provides border scholars and researchers as well as policymakers with new empirical and theoretical evidence on the de- and re-bordering processes going on in diverse border regions in Europe, both within and outside of the EU.
Author: Christian Sellar
Author: Christian Sellar
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Author: Nurit Kliot
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Author: Francis W. Carter
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