As Borders Bend Transnational Spaces on the

This innovative book examines the complexities of de-bordering and re-bordering through a systematic comparison of seven transborder subregions along the western Pacific Rim and an extended analysis of the U.S.-Mexico border and several European border regions. Xiangming Chen offers a synthetic explanation for the complex and diverse processes and outcomes of economic growth, social transformation, and urban landscapes in the new transnational spaces around the porous and mutated borders of the Pacific Rim and beyond. Visit our website for sample chapters!

List of Illustrations

ix

Preface

xii

List of Abbreviations

xix

Part I: Bending Borders and Emerging Transnational Spaces

1 Transborder Dynamics in a Global Era: Situating the Asia-Pacific Transborder Subregions

3

(20)

2 The Asia-Pacific Transborder Subregions: The Phenomenon, Historical Backdrop, and Conceptualization

23

(16)

3 From Different Perspectives to an Integrated Framework: A Synthetic Explanation

39

(22)

Part II: Diversity Among Three East Asian Cases

4 Binding Porous Borders: The Greater Southeast China Subregion

61

(46)

5 Bridging Ocean Boundaries: The Bohai/Yellow Sea Subregion

107

(35)

6 Spanning Socialist and Post-Socialist Borders: The Greater Tumen Subregion and Beyond

142

(43)

Part III: Comparisons, Generalizations, and Implications

7 Four Cases Across Southeast Asia

185

(46)

8 Variations Between the Pacific and the Atlantic

231

(31)

9 Re-bordering Transnational Spaces: Theoretical Contributions and Practical Challenges

262

(21)

Appendix

283

(15)

References

298

(25)

Index

323

(10)

About the Author

333

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As Borders Bend Transnational Spaces on the Pacific Rim

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