Holding the line :  borders in a global world / 
edited by Heather N. Nicol and Ian Townsend-Gault. 
 - vii, 440 pages :  maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Boundary permeability in perspective /  Information geopolitics : blurring the lines of sovereignty /  Law, sovereignty, and transnationalism : delivering social goods using a functional approach to borders /  European borders in transition : the internal and external frontiers of the European Union /  Transnational regionalism, strategic geopolitics, and European integration : the case of the Baltic Sea region /  Transfrontier regionalism : the European Union perspective on postcolonial Africa, with special reference to Borgu /  Trans-maritime boundary cooperation in Southeast Asia : eroding or enhancing the importance of international boundaries? /  Neoliberal Caribbean integration : the role of the ACS in restructuring borderlines /  Redefining the nature and functions of boundaries : a South American perspective /  Transportation and competitiveness in North America : the Cascadian and San Diego-Tijuana border regions /  Conflicting transborder visions and agendas : economic and environmental Cascadians /  Cascadian adventures : shared visions, strategic alliances, and ingrained barriers in a transborder region /  NAFTA and transportation corridor improvement in Western North America : restructuring for the twenty-first century /  Permeable borders and boundaries in a globalizing world : feeling at home amidst global poverty /  Technopoles and development in a "borderless" world : boundaries erased, boundaries constructed /  Complex emergency response planning and coordination : potential GIS applications /  Good neighbour diplomacy revisited /  Towards a geopolitics of life and living : where boundaries still matter /  From the international to the local in the study and representation of boundaries : theoretical and methodological comments /  Conclusion /  Heather Nicol and Ian Townsend-Gault --  Gerald Blake --  Thomas M. Edwards --  Robert Adamson --  Eberhard Bort --  James Wesley Scott --  Anthony I. Asiwaju --  Clive Schofield --  Heather Nicol --  Roy Bradshaw --  Theodore H. Cohn --  Donald K. Alper --  Alan F. J. Artibise --  Daniel E. Turbeville III and Susan L. Bradbury --  Mathew Coleman --  Steven Jackson --  William W. Wood --  Alan K. Henrikson --  Stanley D. Brunn, John F. Watkins, Timothy J. Fargo, Josh Lepawsky and Jeffery A. Jones --  David Newman --  Heather Nicol.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19. 
<br/><br/> "Holding the line considers the changing roles of modern borders, contending that they not only remain relevant but have become increasingly important as a site for negotiating the competing demands of globalization and national sovereignty."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0774809310 9780774809313 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Boundaries<br/>Sovereignty<br/>Globalization.<br/>International relations.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.12