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Informationen zum Autor By Xiangming Chen Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 ... Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Bending Borders and Emerging Transnational SpacesChapter 1: Transborder Dynamics in a Global Era: Situating the Asia-Pacific Transborder SubregionsChapter 2: The Asia-Pacific Transborder Subregions: The Phenomenon, Historical Backdrop, and ConceptualizationChapter 3: From Different Perspectives to an Integrated Framework: A Synthetic ExplanationPart II: Diversity among Three East Asian CasesChapter 4: Binding Porous Borders: The Greater Southeast China SubregionChapter 5: Bridging Ocean Boundaries: The Bohai/Yellow Sea SubregionChapter 6: Spanning Socialist and Post-Socialist Borders: The Greater Tumen Subregion and BeyondPart III: Comparisons, Generalizations, and ImplicationsChapter 7: Four Cases across Southeast AsiaChapter 8: Variations between the Pacific and the AtlanticChapter 9: Re-bordering Transnational Spaces: Theoretical Contributions and Practical Challenges
