The author explains the violent break-up of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s in the context of two legal principles - sovereignty and the self-determination of peoples. She also offers an analysis of Kosovo's future status, international recognition of secession, implica…
4e de couv.: La mondialisation libère les uns et oppresse les autres. Et dans cette partition du monde, chacun est renvoyé à une identité prétendument essentielle et « vraie ». D'où un véritable « piège identitaire », négation de l'autre et de sa subjectivité, parfois justifié p…
Les conflits dans le monde: approche géopolitique
by Lacoste, Yves, Giblin, Béatrice
fromCollection U.
Ce manuel propose une méthode d'analyse des conflits à différentes échelles (villes, frontières, Etat) selon leur degré de complexité, de gravité et selon la taille du territoire en jeu. Cette nouvelle édition propose de nouvelles études de cas : Ukraine, Kurdistan, Nigeria, Ira…
Study of woman workers in export oriented industries on the northern frontier in Mexico - based on a field study (1978-1979) in Ciudad Juarez, discusses industrial worker demographic aspects, educational level, wage differentials, working conditions, obstacles to trade unionizat…
The Chinese state at the borders
by Lary, Diana
fromContemporary Chinese studies series
The People's Republic of China claims 22,000 kilometres of land borders and 18,000 kilometres of coast line. How did this vast country come into being? The state credo describes an ancient process of cultural expansion, where border peoples gratefully acc.
"Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will l…
World boundaries
