Predictions that globalization would undermine territorial attachments and weaken the sources of territorial conflict have not been realized in recent decades. Globalization may have produced changes in territoriality and the functions of borders, but it has not eliminated them. The contributors to this volume examine this relationship, arguing that much of the change can be attributed to sources other than economic globalization. Bringing the perspectives of law, political science, anthropology, and geography to bear on the complex causal relations among territoriality, conflict, and globalization, leading contributors examine how territorial attachments are constructed, why they have remained so powerful in the face of an increasingly globalized world, and what effect continuing strong attachments may have on conflict. They argue that territorial attachments and people's willingness to fight for territory depends upon the symbolic role it plays in constituting people's identities, and producing a sense of belonging in an increasingly globalized world.
1. Territoriality and conflict in an era of globalization Miles Kahler; 2. Bounded communities: territoriality, territorial attachment, and conflict H. E. Goemans; 3. On giving ground: globalization, religion, and territorial detachment in a Papua New Guinea society Joel Robbins; 4. The resilience of territorial conflict in an era of globalization David Newman; 5. Diasporas and homeland conflict Terrence Lyons; 6. Territory and war: state size and patterns of interstate conflict David A. Lake and Angela O'Mahony; 7. Globalization, economic development, and territorial conflict Erik Gartzke; 8. The death of distance? The globalization of armed conflict Halvard Buhaug and Nils Petter Gleditsch; 9. The evolution of territoriality: international relations and American law Kal Raustiala; 10. Trade and territorial conflict in Latin America: international borders as institutions Beth A. Simmons; 11. Conclusion Barbara F. Walter.
