European Border Regions in Comparison

Overcoming Nationalistic Aspects or Re-Nationalization?

Gerhard Besier editor Katarzyna Stokłosa editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:13th Jan '14

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European Border Regions in Comparison cover

Borders exist in almost every sphere of life. Initially, borders were established in connection with kingdoms, regions, towns, villages and cities. With nation-building, they became important as a line separating two national states with different “national characteristics,” narratives and myths. The term “border” has a negative connotation for being a separating line, a warning signal not to cross a line between the allowed and the forbidden. The awareness of both mental and factual borders in manifold spheres of our life has made them a topic of consideration in almost all scholarly disciplines – history, geography, political science and many others. This book primarily incorporates an interdisciplinary and comparative approach. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists and political science scholars from a diverse range of European universities analyze historical as well as contemporary perceptions and perspectives concerning border regions – inside the EU, between EU and non-EU European countries, and between European and non-European countries.

ISBN: 9780415725989

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 890g

392 pages