Fringe Regionalism : When Peripheries Become Regions （2019）

Mattheis, Frank/ Raineri, Luca/ Russo, Alessandra

Birkhauser Verlag AG（2018/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 97 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319974088
• DDC分類 320.54

Full Description

This book introduces the novel concept of fringe regionalism to the field of international studies. It examines how regions are practiced by peripheral borderlands rather than centrally planned, thus offering new avenues for researching regionalism beyond the conventional focus on formal intergovernmental organisations. Two in depth case studies, the Sahara and the Caucasus, provide the real-life application of the concept and the authors use the tensions between competing demarcations of the region, the regional nature of extra-legal economies and the narratives of cross-border identities to steer their empirical approach. Through thorough analysis, the volume applies the concept of fringe regionalism to regions previously neglected by conventional approaches.

Contents

1. Introductory remarks - the case for fringe regionalism.- 2. Producing regional spaces from the margins: Fringe regionalism - a conceptual proposal to recalibrate the study of regions.- 3. The practice of fringe regionalism - evidence from the Caucasus and the Sahara.- 4. Towards a wider application of fringe regionalism - comparisons and transfers