Fringe Regionalism When Peripheries Become Regions /

• Main Authors: Mattheis, Frank (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Raineri, Luca (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Russo, Alessandra (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Regionalism.; Political science.; International organization.; Economic development.; Governance and Government.; International Organization.; Regional Development.

This book introduces the novel concept of fringe regionalism to the field of international studies. It examines how regions are practiced by peripheral borderlands rather than centrally planned, thus offering new avenues for researching regionalism beyond the conventional focus on formal intergovern...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introductory remarks - the case for fringe regionalism
• 2. Producing regional spaces from the margins: Fringe regionalism - a conceptual proposal to recalibrate the study of regions
• 3. The practice of fringe regionalism - evidence from the Caucasus and the Sahara
• 4. Towards a wider application of fringe regionalism - comparisons and transfers.