Full Description
The contributors in this volume, which is inspired and dedicated to Charles Tilly, deal with the manner in which particular Mediterranean spaces (at regional, state, and neighbourhood levels) are being reconfigured in the light of struggles over rights, resources and identities.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Maria Kousis, Tom Selwyn and David Clark
PART I: RECOVERING THE MEDITERRANEAN
Chapter 1. On Bureaucratic Essentialism: Constructing the Mediterranean in European Union Institutions
Vasiliki Yiakoumaki
Chapter 2. European 'Securitisation Policies' and the Southern 'Fortress-Europe'
Minas Samatas
Chapter 3. Locating the 'Mediterranean' in Music: The Medi-Terra music festival
Eleni Kallimopoulou
PART II: STATE, CAPITAL AND RESISTANCE
Chapter 4. Spaces of War, spaces of Memory: Popular expressions of politics in post-war Beirut
Sune Haugbolle
Chapter 5. Environmentalists in Malta: The growing voice of civil society
Jeremy Boissevain and Caroline Gatt
Chapter 6. Governing Coastal Biodiversity: Caretta caretta in Zakynthos and Crete
Maria Kousis and Katerina Psarikidou
PART III: CAPITAL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GOVERNANCE
Chapter 7. Contested Politics of the Mediterranean: Star Street and the struggle for development in Bethlehem Carol
Sansour Dabdoub and Carol Zoughbi-Janineh
Chapter 8. Contentious Politics at a Bosphorus Neighbourhood: Perspectives on conflict and solidarity during the 20th Century
Günham Danişman and Ismail Üstün
Chapter 9. Playing Snakes and Ladders in Ciutat de Mallorca: An ethnographic approach to the production of the neighbourhood scale
Marc A. Morell and Jaume Franquesa
PART IV: TRANSFORMING IDENTITIES: IMAGINATION AND REPRESENTATIONS
Chapter 10. Ethnicised inter-religious conflicts in contemporary Granada, Spain
Javier Rosón Lorente and Gunther Dietz
Chapter 11. Governance, Alliance and Resistance: Jewish museums in Italy
David Clark
Chapter 12. The Making of Home away from Home: The Role of Ethno-cultural Festivals in contesting local spaces
Elia Vardaki
Chapter 13. Tears on the Border: The case of Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, Palestine
Tom Selwyn
List of Contributors
Bibliography
Index
