Borders, Nations and States: Frontiers of Sovereignty in the New Europe

by Liam O'Dowd (Editor), Wilson M. Thomas (Editor), Thomas M. Wilson (Editor)

Contains four revised papers from an April 1993 seminar on borders, peripheral regions, and European integration, held in Belfast, Ireland, plus six papers commissioned for this volume. Contributors demonstrate that international borders and frontier zones are key vantage points from which to view the processes of building and redefining the states, nations, and transnational networks which comprise the new Europe. In presenting a series of case studies at and beyond the borders of the European Union, they point to the co-determination of borders policies by the EU and its member-states, the revitalization of old ethno-national boundaries and border identities, and the contested and fluid nature of Europe's external borders. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996