Synopses & Reviews
Historians, anthropologists, political scientists and demographers explore the principal challenges and fears characterizing relations between Europe and the Mediterranean. Topics covered include the challenges posed by European demographic trends, and migration; current European policies towards migration; popular attitudes towards Islam; relationships between Europe and Turkey and the Maghreb; and the disappointments of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The contributors suggest that the greatest challenge facing our political generation is no longer to make a Europe without the Mediterranean, but with it.
Synopsis
Historians, anthropologists, political scientists and demographers explore the principal challenges and fears characterizing relations between Europe and the Mediterranean. The contributors suggest that the greatest challenge facing our political generation is no longer forming a Europe without the Mediterranean, but with it.
Table of Contents
Introduction--T.Fabre & P.Sant Cassia * PART 1: THE CHALLENGES OF DEMOGRAPHY AND MIGRATION * Demographic Transition in Europe and around the Mediterranean--C.Wilson * Does Europe Need New Immigration?--C.Witold de Wenden * The Mediterranean Divide and its Echo in the Sahara: New Migratory Routes and New Barriers on the Path to the Mediterranean--A.Bensaad * Putting Asylum to the Test: Between Immigration Policy and Co-Development--S.Mazzella * PART 2 : THE CHALLENGES OF IDENTITIES AND CULTURES * Reflections on the Question of National Identity--M.Couroucli * Where 'Europe' Meets 'the Other': The Staging of Borders and the * Construction of Alterity in Cyprus--P.Sant Cassia * Altering Perspective(s)--D.Albera * Identity Crises and Value Conflicts--A.F.Ansary * The Face of the Foreigner: Reflections on the Case of Lebanon's Palestinians--D.Meier * PART 3: POLITICAL CHALLENGES * Turkish Conservatism: Turkey in Europe or Apart from Europe?--H.Yilmaz * Europe in the Mirror of the Mediterranean--Kalypso & D.Nicolandis * PART 4 : GEOPOLITICAL FEARS AND INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES * Europe, America and the 'Greater' Middle East--M.Bond * Expansion Towards the South: An Alternative Scenario for a Partnership in Crisis--J.R.Henry * The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Reformulating a Process--T.Fabre * Conclusion--T.Fabre & P.Sant Cassia