Fringe Regionalism

Frank Mattheis is Research Fellow at the Institut d'études européennes (IEE), Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and Associate Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria, South Africa. Luca Raineri is Research Fellow at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy. Alessandra Russo is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre Emile Durkheim, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.

1. Introductory remarks - the case for fringe regionalism
2. Producing regional spaces from the margins: Fringe regionalism - a conceptual proposal to recalibrate the study of regions2.1 The obsession with formal institutions and territorial delineations - a critique of the spatial bias in regionalism2.2 The place and practice of region-building2.3 Of buffers and frontiers - informal agency from the margins
3. The practice of fringe regionalism - evidence from the Caucasus and the Sahara3.1 Frames and boundaries - regions as practiced authorities 3.2 Markets and infrastructures - regions as practiced economies 3.3 Narratives of belonging- regions as practiced identities 
4. Towards a wider application of fringe regionalism - comparisons and transfers4.1 Conceptual gains and limitations of fringe regionalism4.2 Comparative fringe regionalism4.3 The relevance of fringe regionalism beyond the Caucasus and the Sahara _
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