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1 online resource (vii, 440 pages) |
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World stage: new opportunities and problems. Boundary permeability in perspective / Gerald Blake ; Information geopolitics: blurring the lines of sovereignty / Thomas M. Edwards ; Law, sovereignty, and transnationalism: delivering social goods using a functional approach to borders / Robert Adamson -- Regionalism and subregionalism in Europe. European borders in transition: the internal and external frontiers of the European Union / Eberhard Bort ; Transnational regionalism, strategic geopolitics, and European integration: the case of the Baltic Sea region / James Wesley Scott -- Emerging perspective. Transfrontier regionalism: the European Union perspective on postcolonial Africa, with special reference to Borgu / Anthony I. Asiwaju ; Trans-maritime boundary cooperation in southeast Asia: eroding or enhancing the importance of international boundaries? / Clive Schofield -- Redefining boundaries in the Americas. Neoliberal Caribbean integration: the role of the ACS in restructuring borderlines / Heather Nicol ; Redefining the nature and functions of boundaries: a South American perspective / Roy Bradshaw -- A borderless North America?. Transportation and competitiveness in North America: the Cascadian and San Diego-Tijuana border regions / Theodore H. Cohn ; Conflicting transborder visions and agendas: economic and environmental Cascadians / Donald K. Alper ; Cascadian adventures: shared visions, strategic alliances, and ingrained barriers in a transborder region / Alan F.J. Artibise ; NAFTA and transportation corridor improvement in Western North America: restructuring for the twenty-first century / Daniel E. Turbeville III and Susan L. Bradbury -- Borders as metaphors. Permeable borders and boundaries in a globalizing world: feeling at home amidst global poverty / Mathew Coleman ; Technopoles and development in a 'borderless' world: boundaries erased, boundaries constructed / Steven Jackson -- Rethinking borders: lines, spaces, and continua. Complex emergency response planning and coordination: potential GIS applications / William B. Wood ; Good neighbour diplomacy revisited / Alan K. Henrikson -- Conclusions. Towards a geopolitics of life and living: where boundaries still matter / Stanley D. Brunn [and others] ; From the international to the local in the study and representation of boundaries: theoretical and methodological comments / David Newman |
| Summary |
"Holding the line considers the changing roles of modern borders, contending that they not only remain relevant but have become increasingly important as a site for negotiating the competing demands of globalization and national sovereignty."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Boundaries.
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Sovereignty.
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Globalization.
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International relations.
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boundaries.
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sovereignty.
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globalism.
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international relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Mondialisation.
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Frontières.
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Souveraineté.
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Intégration régionale.
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Géopolitique.
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Etats.
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Aspects socio-économiques.
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Boundaries
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Globalization
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International relations
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Sovereignty
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Grenzen.
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Internationale samenwerking.
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Borders.
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Sovereignty.
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Globalization.
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International relations.
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Transboundary movements.
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Monde.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Townsend Gault, Ian, 1952-
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Nicol, Heather N. (Heather Nora), 1953-
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| ISBN |
9780774851169 |
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0774851163 |
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