The Politics of Regional Identity: Meddling with the Mediterranean

Focusing on the politics of representation and constructions of identity, this book analyses the impact of European regionalism on the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean - as a region, as an area of EU policy and as a locus on the fringe of a rapidly integrating Europe - has so far been a theoretically under-researched area. Containing empirical research on Greece, Malta and Morocco, this theory-led investigation into the political effects of the Mediterranean's symbolic geography, complements work done on the constitution of entities such as nations, Europe and the West.The Politics of Regional Identitydraws on the field of critical IR and critical geopolitics to examine both the theoretical and empirical manifestations of these changing geopolitical images and discourses. The Politics of RegionalIdentityis essential reading for all students, policy-makers and researchers of politics and international relations seeking a deeper understanding of European Mediterraneanpolicies.

Michelle Pace is Roberts Fellow on EU Enlargement at the European Research Institute, University of Birmingham.