Gabriel Popescu is associate professor of geography in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, South Bend.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Making Sense of BordersChapter 2: Borders Before and During the Modern EraChapter 3: Borders in the Era of GlobalizationChapter 4: Producing Global Border SpacesChapter 5: Controlling MobilityChapter 6: Bridging BordersConclusion

This book provides an excellent classification of borders as viewed by various disciplines as well as providing a framework to understanding the changing nature of borders. In this manner, the work by Popescu is reminiscent of the work of Ellwyn R. Stoddard. Understanding the spatial characteristics of borders and reviewing its impact on the formation and transformation of borders is innovative. Finally, the author offers an excellent review of modern attempts to control mobility across borders. The final chapter reviews, within the framework constructed, the various types of cross-border cooperation. His review of this cross-border cooperation is as innovative as the work of Remigio Ratti and Shalom Reichman, Theory and Practice of Transborder Cooperation, was in 1993. This book will be useful to students as well as seasoned researchers.

Gabriel Popescu is associate professor of geography in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, South Bend.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Making Sense of BordersChapter 2: Borders Before and During the Modern EraChapter 3: Borders in the Era of GlobalizationChapter 4: Producing Global Border SpacesChapter 5: Controlling MobilityChapter 6: Bridging BordersConclusion

This book provides an excellent classification of borders as viewed by various disciplines as well as providing a framework to understanding the changing nature of borders. In this manner, the work by Popescu is reminiscent of the work of Ellwyn R. Stoddard. Understanding the spatial characteristics of borders and reviewing its impact on the formation and transformation of borders is innovative. Finally, the author offers an excellent review of modern attempts to control mobility across borders. The final chapter reviews, within the framework constructed, the various types of cross-border cooperation. His review of this cross-border cooperation is as innovative as the work of Remigio Ratti and Shalom Reichman, Theory and Practice of Transborder Cooperation, was in 1993. This book will be useful to students as well as seasoned researchers.

Gabriel Popescu is associate professor of geography in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, South Bend.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Making Sense of BordersChapter 2: Borders Before and During the Modern EraChapter 3: Borders in the Era of GlobalizationChapter 4: Producing Global Border SpacesChapter 5: Controlling MobilityChapter 6: Bridging BordersConclusion

This book provides an excellent classification of borders as viewed by various disciplines as well as providing a framework to understanding the changing nature of borders. In this manner, the work by Popescu is reminiscent of the work of Ellwyn R. Stoddard. Understanding the spatial characteristics of borders and reviewing its impact on the formation and transformation of borders is innovative. Finally, the author offers an excellent review of modern attempts to control mobility across borders. The final chapter reviews, within the framework constructed, the various types of cross-border cooperation. His review of this cross-border cooperation is as innovative as the work of Remigio Ratti and Shalom Reichman, Theory and Practice of Transborder Cooperation, was in 1993. This book will be useful to students as well as seasoned researchers.