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Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
Ecumenopolis is a word invented in 1967 by the Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis to represent the idea that in the future urban areas and megalopolises would eventually fuse and there would be a single continuous worldwide city as a … Co...
Cultural Clashes and Hybrid Identities on the Basis of Gegen die Wand (2004)
The director Fatih Akin, himself a German-Turk, created a masterpiece of film that sets its sights on the troubles of ‘bicultural’ German-Turkish individuals who find themselves in a transnational zone, yet caught between two cultural stools. The...
Cultural Clashes and Hybrid Identities on the Basis of Gegen die Wand (2004)
The director Fatih Akin, himself a German-Turk, created a masterpiece of film that sets its sights on the troubles of ‘bicultural’ German-Turkish individuals who find themselves in a transnational zone, yet caught between two cultural stools. The...
Identity borders in former Yugoslavia
Ever since the break with Stalin, Tito and the communist leaders led Yugoslavia on a new path not following the typical communist patterns – they were indeed pioneers in that aspect. The break paved the way for an opening up … Continue re...
Identity borders in former Yugoslavia
Ever since the break with Stalin, Tito and the communist leaders led Yugoslavia on a new path not following the typical communist patterns – they were indeed pioneers in that aspect. The break paved the way for an opening up … Continue re...
Ukrainian East-West Dichotomy
With a population of 45 668 million inhabitants (as of September 2011, ) spread over 603,700 km2, Ukraine represents one of the largest East European countries. In the course of centuries, it served as a very important link and strategic … Cont...
Ukrainian East-West Dichotomy
With a population of 45 668 million inhabitants (as of September 2011, ) spread over 603,700 km2, Ukraine represents one of the largest East European countries. In the course of centuries, it served as a very important link and strategic … Cont...
Borderwork at the Moroccan-Spanish Border
An immense quantity of work about border studies has been done the last decade. Influenced by globalization, Europeanization, and terrorism, authors from different disciplines; geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists and informati...
Borderwork at the Moroccan-Spanish Border
An immense quantity of work about border studies has been done the last decade. Influenced by globalization, Europeanization, and terrorism, authors from different disciplines; geographers, political scientists, sociologists, economists and informati...
The dichotomies of territory and nation in contemporary Russia
The period immediately following the end of the Cold War has challenged many nation states of the former Eastern bloc. The dissolution of the Soviet Union created power and identity vacuum .The process of simultaneous changes in social, political and...
The dichotomies of territory and nation in contemporary Russia
The period immediately following the end of the Cold War has challenged many nation states of the former Eastern bloc. The dissolution of the Soviet Union created power and identity vacuum .The process of simultaneous changes in social, political and...
Securitizing EU’s external borders
Since the entering into force of the Schengen agreement, EU has enlarged to a great extent, thus expanding and making its external borders all the more permeable. But along with amenities that Schengen brought, there were problems as well, mostly ...
Securitizing EU’s external borders
Since the entering into force of the Schengen agreement, EU has enlarged to a great extent, thus expanding and making its external borders all the more permeable. But along with amenities that Schengen brought, there were problems as well, mostly ...
Let there be borders!
By Paul Bongers Ever since the Maastricht Treaty of 1991 European politics have been serving ambitious visions of a far-reached European integration. The unstoppable drive for enlargement and internal unification – such as the invention of Euro-zon...
Let there be borders!
By Paul Bongers Ever since the Maastricht Treaty of 1991 European politics have been serving ambitious visions of a far-reached European integration. The unstoppable drive for enlargement and internal unification – such as the invention of Euro-zon...
Voting rights in borderlands- Case study of the Öresund region
Borderlands are problematic as they fall between two sovereign states with different legislation. In the Øresund region, the most common pattern of interaction at the grass roots is of Danish citizens living in Skåne and working in Denmark as well...
Voting rights in borderlands- Case study of the Öresund region
Borderlands are problematic as they fall between two sovereign states with different legislation. In the Øresund region, the most common pattern of interaction at the grass roots is of Danish citizens living in Skåne and working in Denmark as well...
Negotiating national borders in transnational families
Negotiating national borders in transnational families: A case study of two Danish-Swedish families in the ‘borderless’ Oresund region Along with the growth of sub-state entities in the European Union, cross-border regions have captured the atten...
Negotiating national borders in transnational families
Negotiating national borders in transnational families: A case study of two Danish-Swedish families in the ‘borderless’ Oresund region Along with the growth of sub-state entities in the European Union, cross-border regions have captured the atten...
Short Description of Border Paper
The ‘modern nation-state’ as classically understood was born from the coupling of three elements: community, polity, and territory. This essay will largely focus on how institutions and policies have shaped the ‘glue’ binding these three el...
