Territoriality in the Globalizing Society: One Place or None?

ISBN-13: 9783642637698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 214 str.

Stefan Immerfall

Opis

Globalization is one of the buzz-words in the 1990s. It points to a world in which geographic location becomes increasingly irrelevant, a vision that has aroused both hopes and fears. Surprisingly, globalization is accompanied by increasing regionalization. This volume is a timely contribution to the debate on globalization and regionalism. Coming from several disciplines, its contributors explore the consequences of a world with no geographical barriers. Refuting simple notions of globalization, they argue that location and space will remain important dimensions of economic and social development. In view of this, the book develops a more balanced view of the tension between globalization and regionalism.

Spis treści

S. Immerfall: Territory and Territoriality in the Globalizing Society: An Introduction.- Power and Competition: R. Hollingsworth: Territoriality in Modern Societies: The Spatial and Institutional Nestedness of National Economies.- C. Tuschhoff: Do Territories Compete?.- P. Windolf: The Integration of the East German Firms into the Western Market Economy.- Demarcation and Border-Transgression: A. Funk: Policing Europe: Border Controls and European Integration.- S. Stevenson: News and International News Flows in the 1990s.- A. Cravey: Globalization and its Impact on Border Regions: the Example of Mexico`s Industrial Stategies.- Cohesion and Identity: U. Hedetoft: Constructions of Europe: Territoriality, Sovereignty, Identity: Disaggregations of Cultural and Political Space.- Conclusion: S. Immerfall, P. Conway, C. Crumley, K. Jarausch: Disembeddedness and Localization: The Persistence of Territory.

O autorze

Stefan Immerfall is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Education at Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany. He graduated from Ruhr University in Germany, and received his doctorate and his second doctorate from the University of Passau, Germany. Besides European integration, his research topics include political economy and political sociology.