Mediterranean Mobilities Europe's Changing Relationships
This book critically assesses mobilities across the Mediterranean Basin and explores the implications of changing European relationships in the light of observations of the intersectional formation and evolution of identities, behavior and ideas. Further,
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Mediterranean Mobilities Europe’s Changing Relationships
Mediterranean Mobilities
Maria Paradiso Editor
Mediterranean Mobilities Europe’s Changing Relationships
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Editor Maria Paradiso Section of Geography, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) University of Sannio Benevento Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-89631-1 ISBN 978-3-319-89632-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89632-8
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Preface
This book intends to critically examine mobilities across the Mediterranean Basin and explore implications in terms of European changing relationships among European countries and neighbors. The explorations have been conducted in light of the intersectional formation and evolution of identities, behavior, ideas, and agency within the Mediterranean Basin. If we look at the Mediterranean Basin as a space only, a dissonant geography is obvious, bringing about a mistaken view of its diversity. That is why the diversity of the Mediterranean Basin is mistakenly reduced through a cognitive and operational process based upon assumptions regarding the nature of things and modes of functionality rather than upon actual analysis. In fact, the study of contemporary flows and networks—i.e., the circulation of ideas, people, finances—challenges the continuous representation of the Mediterranean as a homogenous or other space for Europe. Indeed, a dialectic of diaspora politics, circuits of funds, weapons, empowerments, and emotions, and sustainability issues challeng
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