Curtains of Iron and Gold

Abstract

Part 1 Setting the scene: The political geography of boundaries at the end of the millennium - challenges of the de-territorializing world, Anssi Paasi Towards a conceptualization of border - the central European experience, Josef Langer Across the line - borders in post-Westphalian landscapes, Sergei Medvedev Borders change - so do space, identity, and community,Pirjo Jukarainen. Part 2 Cross-border dynamics in prospective major regions: Frontier regions in the national strategy for development - the Russian view, Alexander Granberg Politics on the edge - on the restructuring of borders in the north of Europe, Thomas Christiansen, Pertti Joenniemi Urban networking in the Baltic Sea region - a Nordic view, Perttu Vartiainen Economic border regions and spaces in the Baltic Sea region, J. Ilari Karppi. Part 3 Actors, barriers and interfaces: Smuggled ethnicity and other Russians - Construction of identities in post-Soviet Estonia, Olga Brednikova National interest and local needs in a divided Setumaa -behind the narratives, Eiki Berg Evolving regimes for local transboundary co-operation - The German-polish experience, James Wesley Scott Entrepreneurial decisions with spatial impact along the eastern German borders, Franz Barjak Dynamics of local cross-border activities between Carinthia (Austria) and Slovenia, Doris Wastl-Walter, Andrea Koffler socio-economic processes in the Hungarian-Yugoslavia border zone, Agnes Pal, Imre Nagy development, environment, and security in asymmetrical border regions - European and North American perspectives, Norris Clement et al. Part 4 On the divide in the North: The changing border and the many images of Karelia, Jukka Oksa Near the metropolis, beyond the border, St Peterburg, and eastern Finland before the October revolution, Kimmo Katajala Border-crossings - The co-construction of national security and regional development, Tarja Cronberg Where Russia meets the EU -Across the divide in the Karelian borderlands, Heikki Eskelinen et al Cross-border cooperation of women's organizations - The case of the Karelian Republic, Larisa Boichenko, Kaija Heikkinen The political construction of identity - reframing mental borders in Russian Karelia, Ikka Liikanen. Epilogue: Asymmetry and interaction Borders in the international system, Jyrki Kahonen.