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

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Part I: The Nature of Marginal Formations......Page 10
1 A Theoretical Introduction: Space, Centers, and Margins......Page 12
2 De-Limitation: The Denigration of Boundaries in the Political Thought of Late Modernity......Page 34
3 Power and Marginality in the International System: A Historical Perspective......Page 54
Part II: Margins around Europe......Page 74
4 Exploiting Marginality: The Case of Russia......Page 76
5 An Encounter of Two Marginalities: EU-Russia Transborder Relations in Russian Discourse......Page 94
6 Denmark’s and Britain’s Marginality Strategies Compared......Page 112
7 Europe and a Globalizing United States: Political Ideals Projected and Counter-projected......Page 130
8 Gibraltar, Jerusalem, Kaliningrad: Peripherality, Marginality, Hybridity......Page 150
9 Notions of “Europe”: Where Does Europe’s Southern Margin Lie?......Page 168
10 The Ritual of Listening to Foreigners: Appropriating Geopolitics in Central Europe......Page 186
11 Boundary-making in Europe’s Southeastern Margin: Balkan/Europe Discourse in Croatia and Slovenia......Page 204
12 Variable Geometries: Institutions, Power, and Ideas in Turkey’s European Integration Process......Page 216
13 Conclusion......Page 234
List of Contributors......Page 244
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