The Geopolitics of Europe’s Identity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Nature of Marginal Formations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Theoretical Introduction: Spaces, Centers, and Margins

      • Noel Parker

      Pages 3-23

   3. De-Limitation: The Denigration of Boundaries in the Political Thought of Late Modernity

      • Sergei Prozorov

      Pages 25-43

   4. Power and Marginality in the International System: A Historical Perspective

      • Pertti Joenniemi, Noel Parker

      Pages 45-64

3. Margins around Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Exploiting Marginality: The Case of Russia

      • Maxine David

      Pages 67-84

   3. An Encounter of Two Marginalities: EU-Russia Transborder Relations in Russian Discourse

      • Andrey S. Makarychev

      Pages 85-101

   4. Denmark’s and Britain’s Marginality Strategies Compared

      • Noel Parker

      Pages 103-120

   5. Europe and a Globalizing United States: Political Ideals Projected and Counter-projected

      • Noel Parker

      Pages 121-139

   6. Gibraltar, Jerusalem, Kaliningrad: Peripherality, Marginality, Hybridity

      • Christopher S. Browning, Pertti Joenniemi

      Pages 141-158

   7. Notions of “Europe”: Where Does Europe’s Southern Margin Lie?

      • Michelle Pace

      Pages 159-175

   8. The Ritual of Listening to Foreigners: Appropriating Geopolitics in Central Europe

      • Merje Kuus

      Pages 177-193

   9. Boundary-making in Europe’s Southeastern Margin: Balkan/Europe Discourse in Croatia and Slovenia

      • Nicole Lindstrom

      Pages 195-206

   10. Variable Geometries: Institutions, Power, and Ideas in Turkey’s European Integration Process

       • Fabrizio Tassinari

       Pages 207-223

   11. Conclusion

       • Noel Parker

       Pages 225-234

4. Back Matter

   Pages 235-244

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This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. A theoretical discussion of borders and margins is developed, and set against nine studies of countries, regions, and identities seen as marginal to Europe.

• desegregation
• Europe
• European Integration
• European integration process
• geopolitics
• Institution
• political thought
• european union politics

"This edited collection. . .offers one of the most erudite and discerning renditions of the geopolitics of Europe's identity to date. It would be of benefit to anyone who is serious about European politics, international relations theory and geopolitics." - Emilian Kavalski, Political Studies Review"The Geopolitics of Europe's Identity is an innovative and exciting excursion into the new geopolitics of political space. The splendid collection of essays uses the European case to synthesize theoretical and case analyses of how marginal and center polities interact with and have an impact on each other. It is a major achievement that should be required in graduate seminars on IR theory." - Richard W. Mansbach, Professor of Politics, Iowa State University

"This book fills a gap between the vast amount of empirical studies about border regions on the one hand, and theoretical explorations of the figure of marginality on the other. It is one of the very rare cases in which ambitious theoretical and indeed philosophical investigations are closely connected with an in-depth empirical knowledge of the various borders and boundary zones of contemporary Europe. This book should not only appeal to students of International Relations and European Studies, but equally to sociologists and political geographers. It should certainly set standards about how to think about the difficult issue of Europe s identity in the future." - Mathias Albert, Professor of Political Science, University of Bielefeld

"This is a strikingly creative and provocative engagement with the boundaries of contemporary Europe. Starting from very sophisticated accounts of what happens at the margins of political community and identity, this collection not only pushes at some of the most difficult and troubling dynamics of European politics but also challenges many of the ways we think about boundaries and identities in many other places." - R.B.J. Walker, SPIRE, Keele University, United Kingdom and University of Victoria, Canada

Noel Parker is Associate Professor in Political Theory and the History of Ideas at Copenhagen University Department of Politics.

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