In architecture, as in food, local is an idea whose time has come. Of course, the idea of an architecture that responds to site; draws on local building traditions, materials, and crafts; and strives to create a sense of community is not recent. Yet, the way it has evolved in th…
What does it mean to be from somewhere? If most people in the USA are "from somewhere else" what is an American homeland? In answering these questions, the contributors to this discussion offer a geographical vision of territory and the formation of discrete communities in the U…
Homelands explores the connection of people and place by showing how aspects of several different North American groups found their niche and created a homeland. It looks at geographical concepts in community settings.
European politics has been reshaped in recent decades by a dual process of centralization and decentralization. This dual process is known as "multi-level governance". This text argues that its emergence in the second half of the 20th century is a watershed in the political deve…
Tracing ASEAN debates about Southeast Asia's intra- and extra-regional relations over four decades, this book argues for a process-driven view of cooperation, sheds light on intervening processes of argument and debate, and highlights interacting material, ideational, and social…
EU studies increasingly recognise the salience of new regional insights. This collection provides a broad overview of regionalism, together with detailed analyses on the construction, activities, and implications of established and emerging examples of formal political and econo…
Resum: Gairebé tots els estats són o federal o regionalitzats en algun sentit . És difícil trobar un estat que és del tot unitari i el Manual de Routledge de Regionalisme i Federalisme necessàriament afecta a gairebé tot el món. Tant el federalisme i el regionalisme han estat ob…