TY - BOOK ID - 64749175 TI - Balkanization and global politics : remaking cities and architecture PY - 2019 SN - 9781138061835 1138061832 9781315162065 1315162067 9781351667142 1351667149 9781351667159 1351667157 9781351667135 1351667130 PB - London ; New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Architecture KW - Architecture, Western (Western countries) KW - Building design KW - Buildings KW - Construction KW - Western architecture (Western countries) KW - Art KW - Building KW - Political aspects KW - Design and construction KW - Balkan Peninsula KW - Former Yugoslav republics KW - Ex-Yugoslav republics KW - Ex-Yugoslavia KW - Former Yugoslavia KW - Balkan States KW - Balkans KW - Europe, Southeastern KW - Southeastern Europe KW - History KW - Autonomy and independence movements. KW - Politics and government. KW - Aspect politique KW - Ex-Yougoslavie KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Histoire KW - Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes KW - Architecture, Primitive UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64749175 AB - Balkanization (territorial fragmentation) is becoming a significant urban and geopolitical pursuit in contemporary times. Countries, cities and regions are ever increasingly voicing the desire for independence and balkanization from the nation or union they are a part of. This monograph generally maps the historical and theoretical　emergence of balkanization, as well its more recent spread into fields as far ranging as law, medicine, data and security studies, sociology, architecture and the urban.　The spatialization of balkanization is particularly addressed in terms of destruction and renewal through a detailed sociopolitical interrogation of architecture and the urban, including their changing symbolic, ideological and functional forms.The spatial connections between balkanization, violent remaking (destruction and renewal) and global politics have predominantly been analyzed via the former Yugoslav context and the Balkans, however, spotlight has also been directed to the current political climate of the UK, Australia and the Anglo-Saxon geopolitics.　The analysis helps in understanding broader emergent patterns of sociospatial polarization across various scales, and in respect to global geoeconomic and geopolitical restructuring. This is particularly important because drawing connections between balkanization, economics, law, media and technology is to gain an awareness of - and engagement with - the emerging implications of spatial remaking and global politics.This monograph is a valuable resource and will be relevant to academics and students interested in spatial politics; including architecture, urbanism, geography, sociology, politics, international development, conflict, and cultural studies. ER -