The Geopolitics of Europe’s Identity : Centers, Boundaries, and Margins

This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. A theoretical discussion of borders and margins is developed, and set against nine studies of countries, regions, and identities seen as marginal to Europe. This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. A theoretical discussion of borders and margins is developed, and set against nine studies of countries, regions, and identities seen as marginal to Europe Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Theoretical Introduction: Spaces, Centers, and Margins....Pages 3-23 De-Limitation: The Denigration of Boundaries in the Political Thought of Late Modernity....Pages 25-43 Power and Marginality in the International System: A Historical Perspective....Pages 45-64 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 Exploiting Marginality: The Case of Russia....Pages 67-84 An Encounter of Two Marginalities: EU-Russia Transborder Relations in Russian Discourse....Pages 85-101 Denmark’s and Britain’s Marginality Strategies Compared....Pages 103-120 Europe and a Globalizing United States: Political Ideals Projected and Counter-projected....Pages 121-139 Gibraltar, Jerusalem, Kaliningrad: Peripherality, Marginality, Hybridity....Pages 141-158 Notions of “Europe”: Where Does Europe’s Southern Margin Lie?....Pages 159-175 The Ritual of Listening to Foreigners: Appropriating Geopolitics in Central Europe....Pages 177-193 Boundary-making in Europe’s Southeastern Margin: Balkan/Europe Discourse in Croatia and Slovenia....Pages 195-206 Variable Geometries: Institutions, Power, and Ideas in Turkey’s European Integration Process....Pages 207-223 Conclusion....Pages 225-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-244 A theoretical introduction : space, centers, and margins / Noel Parker De-limitation : the denigration of boundaries in the political thought of late modernity / Sergei Prosorov Power and marginality in the international system : a historical perspective / Pertti Joenniemmi and Noel Parker Exploiting marginality : the case of Russia / Maxine David An encounter of two marginalities : EU-Russia transborder relations in Russian discourse / Andrey S. Makarychev Denmark's and Britain's marginality strategies compared / Noel Parker Europe and a globalizing United States : political ideals projected and counter-projected / Noel Parker Gibraltar, Jerusalem, Kaliningrad : peripherality, marginality, hybridity / Christopher S. Browning and Pertti Joenniemi Notions of "Europe" : where does Europe's southern margin lie? / Michelle Pace The ritual of listening to foreigners : appropriating geopolitics in Central Europe / Merje Kuus Boundary-making in Europe's southeastern margin : Balkan/Europe discourse in Croatia and Slovenia / Nicole Lindstrom Variable geometries : institutions, power, and ideas in Turkey's European integration process / Fabrizio Tassinari Conclusion / Noel Parker "This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. A theoretical discussion of borders and margins is developed, and set against nine studies of countries, regions, and identities seen as marginal to Europe."--Publisher's description