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Zusatztext The book contains a significant political discussion about the EU’s role in the Mediterranean as well as on region-building as a way of conflict resolution. Whereas most of the existing literature is policy-oriented, a volume which looks at the deeper dynamics of borders and conflicts around the Sea is something to be welcome. The book has an underlying theme[:] that the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership’s North-South approach was flawed from the beginning, because it ignored deep-seated differences in cultural values and interpretations of the past among neighbouring Mediterranean countries, be they members or non-members of the EU. Informationen zum Autor Dimitar Bechev is a Research Fellow at the European Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Kalypso Nicolaidis is Professor of International Relations and Director of the European Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Klappentext The identity of any nation-state is inextricably linked with its borders and frontiers. Borders connect nations and sustain notions of social cohesion. Yet they are also the sites of division, fragmentation and political conflict. This ambitious study encompasses North Africa, the Middle East, and South and South East Europe to examine the emergence of state borders and polarised identities in the Mediterranean. The authors look at the impact of political boundaries upon the region, along with pressures from European and economic integration, the resurgence of nationalism, and refugee and security concerns. The authors explore the politics of memory, and ask whether echoes from the imperial past - Ottoman and colonial - could provide the basis for conflict resolution, region-building and economic integration.The identity of any nation-state is inextricably linked with its borders and frontiers. Borders connect nations and sustain notions of social cohesion. Yet they are also the sites of division, fragmentation and political conflict. This study examines the emergence of state borders and polarised identities in the Mediterranean. Zusammenfassung The identity of any nation-state is inextricably linked with its borders and frontiers. Borders connect nations and sustain notions of social cohesion. Yet they are also the sites of division, fragmentation and political conflict. This ambitious study encompasses North Africa, the Middle East, and South and South East Europe to examine the emergence of state borders and polarised identities in the Mediterranean. The authors look at the impact of political boundaries upon the region, along with pressures from European and economic integration, the resurgence of nationalism, and refugee and security concerns. The authors explore the politics of memory, and ask whether echoes from the imperial past - Ottoman and colonial - could provide the basis for conflict resolution, region-building and economic integration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface - Thierry Fabre Introduction: Frontiers, Memory and Conflict in the Mediterranean - Dimitar Bechev and Kalypso Nicolaidis PART 1: CONSTRUCTING BORDERS AND MEMORIES 1. The Ambivalent Sea: Regionalizing the Mediterranean Differently - Kerem Oktem 2. Between the Empire and the Nation-State: The Problem of Borders in the Maghreb - Fatma Ben Slimane 3. Turkey in the Post-Ottoman Mediterranean: Transcending the 'West' / 'Islam' Binary? - Nora Onar 4. The Uses of Empire: Myths and Memories in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean - Dimitar Bechev PART 2: REVISITING MEMORIES TO TRANSFORM CONFLICTS? 5. Can We Act on Memory in the Mediterranean? The Case of Algeria - Marie-Claire Lavabre and Dimitri Bechev 6. 'That Most Beautiful Part of Italy': Memories of Fascist Empire-Building in the Adriatic - Bojan Baskar 7. Memory, Conflict and Gender: Women in Black in Israel/Palestine and former Yugoslavia - Franziska Brantner PART 3: CROSSING BORDERS, CONFRONTING M...
