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Macau residents as border people - a changing border regime from a sociocultural perspective

Die Bewohner Macaus als "Border people" - der Wandel eines Grenzregimes aus soziokultureller Sicht
[journal article]

Breitung, Werner

Abstract

The concept of border people refers to people living with borders, dealing with the related difficulties and taking advantage of the respective opportunities. This concept is here applied to the residents of Macau, whose border checkpoint to the mainland has become one of the busiest in the world. E... view more

The concept of border people refers to people living with borders, dealing with the related difficulties and taking advantage of the respective opportunities. This concept is here applied to the residents of Macau, whose border checkpoint to the mainland has become one of the busiest in the world. Even though the border control is still in place, it has become very common for Macau residents to cross the border on an everyday basis. This paper links the people's border-related attitudes and activities to the process of Macau’s integration with China and argues that the "integration from below" manifested in the growing exchange of people is a crucial factor in the overall integration process.... view less


Das Konzept "Border people" bezieht sich auf Menschen, die an und mit Grenzen leben, mit den damit verbundenen Schwierigkeiten umzugehen wissen und aus den besonderen Bedingungen Vorteile ziehen. Dieser Ansatz wird im vorliegenden Beitrag auf die Bewohner Macaus angewandt.

Keywords
attitude; integration; self-image; national border; border region; tourism; travel; social change; China; Macao

Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
Social Sciences; Border; Border Traffic; Social Change; Sozialwissenschaften; Grenze; Grenzverkehr; Present

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 101-127

Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 38 (2009) 1

ISSN
1868-4874

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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