Challenged borderlands : transcending political and cultural boundaries / edited by Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Barbara J. Morehouse, Doris Wastl-Walter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pavlakovich-Kochi, Vera.

Morehouse, Barbara J. (Barbara Jo), 1945-

Wastl-Walter, Doris, 1953-

Series:

Border regions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Regionalism.

Europe--Boundaries.

Europe.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

xviii, 302 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

Part I Introduction: Perspectives on Borderlands / Barbara J. Morehouse, Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Doris Wastl-Walter 3

Part II Borders, Boundaries and Border Spaces / Barbara J. Morehouse, Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi 15

1 Theoretical Approaches to Border Spaces and Identities / Barbara J. Morehouse 19

2 Economic Forces Shaping the Borderlands / Norris C. Clement 41

3 Contested Boundaries and Troubled Borderlands / Mladen Klemencic, Clive Schofield 63

Part III International and National Forces Redefining 'We' and 'Others' / Barbara J. Morehouse, Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Doris Wastl-Walter 75

4 From Iron Curtain to Fortress Europe and Beyond / Richard Welch 81

5 The Zagreb Region at Double Doorsteps: Implications of a Redefined Boundary for Regional Development / Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi 91

6 Renewal of Cross-Border Cooperation along the Hungarian-Croatian Border / Zoltan Hajdu 109

7 Conflict and Accommodation in the Arizona-Sonora Region / Pablo Wong Gonzalez 123

8 Lower Income, Higher Income: Impacts of the Maquiladoras on Both Sides of the Border / Arthur L. Silvers 153

Part IV Living with Changing Borders / Barbara J. Morehouse, Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Doris Wastl-Walter 169

9 Ruptures in the Austro-Hungarian Border Region / Doris Wastl-Walter, Monika M. Varadi 175

10 Protecting Diversities and Nurturing Commonalities in a Multicultural Living Space / Susanne Janschitz, Andrea Ch. Kofler 193

11 Perceptions of New Realities along the Slovenian-Croatian Border / Ana Barbic 215

12 The Croatian-Slovenian Border: The Local Experience / Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Zoran Stiperski 237

13 Transborder Urban Regime in the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez Region / Francisco J. Llera Pacheco 251

14 Transboundary Health Care and the Production of Space on the Arizona-Sonora Border / Barbara J. Morehouse, Patricia L. Salido 269

Part V Epilogue: Implicatons for Policy-and Decision-Making / Bruce A. Wright, Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754640930

OCLC:

54929887