| Introduction | 1 |
| 1 | Boundary permeability in perspective | 15 |
| 2 | Information geopolitics : blurring the lines of sovereignty | 26 |
| 3 | Law, sovereignty, and transnationalism : delivering social goods using a functional approach to borders | 50 |
| 4 | European borders in transition : the internal and external frontiers of the European Union | 63 |
| 5 | Transnational regionalism, strategic geopolitics, and European integration : the case of the Baltic Sea region | 90 |
| 6 | Transfrontier regionalism : the European Union perspective on postcolonial Africa, with special reference to Borgu | 119 |
| 7 | Trans-maritime boundary cooperation in Southeast Asia : eroding or enhancing the importance of international boundaries? | 142 |
| 8 | Neoliberal Caribbean integration : the role of the ACS in restructuring borderlines | 159 |
| 9 | Redefining the nature and functions of boundaries : a South American perspective | 180 |
| 10 | Transportation and competitiveness in North America : the Cascadian and San Diego-Tijuana border regions | 200 |
| 11 | Conflicting transborder visions and agendas : economic and environmental Cascadians | 222 |
| 12 | Cascadian adventures : shared visions, strategic alliances, and ingrained barriers in a transborder region | 238 |
| 13 | NAFTA and transportation corridor improvement in Western North America : restructuring for the twenty-first century | 268 |
| 14 | Permeable borders and boundaries in a globalizing world : feeling at home amidst global poverty | 293 |
| 15 | Technopoles and development in a "borderless" world : boundaries erased, boundaries constructed | 308 |
| 16 | Complex emergency response planning and coordination : potential GIS applications | 333 |
| 17 | Good neighbour diplomacy revisited | 348 |
| 18 | Towards a geopolitics of life and living : where boundaries still matter | 381 |
| 19 | From the international to the local in the study and representation of boundaries : theoretical and methodological comments | 400 |
| Conclusion | 414 |