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Holding the Line
Borders in a Global World
Edited by Heather N. Nicol and
Ian Townsend-Gault
This book will stand on its
own, without rivals, in the
way it tackles its themes
... The organization is innovative
and original, the
research by the authors
very solid, and the chapters
are original.
– Julian Minghi,
Distinguished Professor
Emeritus, Department of
Geography, University of
South Carolina
This collection of essays explores the changing
role of borders in a global world. Holding the Line
argues that contemporary borders facilitate parallel
processes of globalization and localization of
political activity. As such, the essays adopt a holistic
approach to understanding the impact of boundaries
on both society and space. They demonstrate
that any attempt to create a methodological and
conceptual framework for the understanding of
boundaries must be concerned with the process
of bounding, rather than simply the means through
which the physical lines of separation are delimited
and demarcated. This approach renders the notion
of a “borderless world” highly problematic.
Contributors
Robert Adamson; Donald K. Alper; Alan F.J. Artibise; Anthony
I. Asiwaju; Gerald Blake; Eberhard Bort; Roy Bradshaw;
Stanley D. Brunn et al.; Mathew Coleman; Theodore H.
Cohn; Thomas M. Edwards; Alan K. Henrikson; Steven
Jackson; David Newman; Heather Nicol and Ian Townsend-
Gault; Clive Schofield; James Wesley Scott; Daniel E.
Turbeville III and Susan L. Bradbury; and William B. Wood
2004, 448 pages, 6 x 9”
10 maps, 5 tables
0-7748-0931-0 / 978-0-7748-0931-3 cloth $95.00
0-7748-0932-9 / 978-0-7748-0932-0 paper $32.95
Bioregionalism
and Civil Society
Democratic Challenges to
Corporate Globalism
Mike Carr
Bioregionalism and
Civil Society addresses
the urgent need
for sustainability in
industrialized societies.
The book explores the
bioregional movement
in the US, Canada, and
Mexico, examining its
vision, values, strategies,
and tools for building
sustainable societies.
Practically, Carr argues for bioregionalism as a
place-specific, community movement that can
stand in diverse opposition to the homogenizing
trends of corporate globalization. Theoretically, the
author seeks lessons for civil society-based social
theory and strategy. Carr integrates both social
and natural ecologies in a civil society theory that
incorporates lessons about consumption and cultural
transformation from bioregional practice.
Contents
Introduction: Corporate Globalism, Civil Society, and
Bioregionalism
1 Civil Society against Consumerism
2 Ecocentric Social Capital: The Ecology of Kinship
3 Bioregional Vision and Values
4 Bioregional Strategy and Tools for Community Building
5 Narrative Accounts of Reinhabitation in Rural and Urban
Settings
6 Continental Movement: A Narrative Account of the
Continental Bioregional Story
7 Conclusion: Civil Society Theory, Bioregionalism, and
Global Order
References; Index
2004, 344 pages, 6 x 9”
2 b/w illustrations, 8 maps, 1 figure
0-7748-0944-2 / 978-0-7748-0944-3 cloth $95.00
0-7748-0945-0 / 978-0-7748-0945-0 paper $32.95
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