Overview
- Focuses on recent development processes in Europe
- Introduces horizontal geographies as innovative concept
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach
Part of the book series: Regionale Geographien | Regional Geographies (RG)
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About this book
Europe and the world in all their diversity and complexity have always been – and continue to be – in a state of change. Recent (geo)political, environmental, social, and economic developments demonstrate a world in constant flux. These ever-changing framework conditions require corresponding transformations in many different structures. This anthology takes these observations as a starting point to illuminate theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches, and empirical insights related to recent transformation processes in Europe and beyond – with a special focus in this respect on the USA.
In view of their comprehensive nature, transformation processes cannot be analysed from a single perspective – a uniform approach or theory would fail to address their complexity and contingency. In this sense, “horizontal geographies” serves as our theoretical framework. The concept refers to comprehensive, synthesizing regional analyses which collect, structure, and reflect on knowledge with diverse spatial, social, and cultural contexts. The interdisciplinary and international authorship does justice to the idea of horizontal, multi-perspective geographies, and considers a wide range of transformation processes in Europe and beyond.
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Theoretical Reflections on Transformation Processes of Different Spatial Units
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Transformation Processes in Perceptions of ‘Europe’ and Beyond, and Discourses in Times of Crises
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Transformation Processes in European Border Regions
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Florian Weber is Junior Professor of European Studies with a Focus on Western Europe and Border Regions at Saarland University.
Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is Professor of Urban and Regional Development at the University of Tübingen.
Julia Dittel is a Research Assistant in the Research Group ‘European Studies with a Focus on Western Europe and Border Regions’ at Saarland University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transformation Processes in Europe and Beyond
Book Subtitle: Perspectives for Horizontal Geographies
Editors: Florian Weber, Olaf Kühne, Julia Dittel
Series Title: Regionale Geographien | Regional Geographies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42894-5
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-42893-8Published: 06 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-42894-5Published: 05 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2731-9792
Series E-ISSN: 2731-9806
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 838
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Geography