As borders bend : transnational spaces on the Pacific rim by Chen, Xiangming, 1955- instant download

As borders bend : transnational spaces on the Pacific rim by Chen, Xiangming, 1955- instant download

1 online resource (xxii, 333 pages) :, This innovative book examines the complexities of de-bordering and re-bordering through a systematic comparison of seven transborder subregions along the western Pacific Rim and an extended analysis of the U.S.-Mexico border and several European border regions. Xiangming Chen offers a synthetic explanation for the complex and diverse processes and outcomes of economic growth, social transformation, and urban landscapes in the new transnational spaces around the porous and mutated borders of the Pacific Rim and beyond, Includes bibliographical references and index, pt. 1. Transborder dynamics in a global era : situating the Asia-Pacific transborder subregions -- The Asia-Pacific transborder subregions : the phenomenon, historical backdrop, and conceptualization -- From different perspectives to an integrated framework : a synthetic explanation -- pt. 2. Binding porous borders : the greater Southeast China subregion -- Bridging ocean boundaries : the Bohai/Yellow Sea subregion -- Spanning socialist and post-socialist borders : the greater Tumen subregion and beyond -- pt. 3. Four cases across Southeast Asia -- Variations between the Pacific and the Atlantic -- Re-bordering transnational spaces : theoretical contributions and practical challenges, Print version record