Publication Date
January 2019
Publisher
Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Language
English
Type
Book Chapter
Book Title
Spatial Formats under the Global Condition
Editors
Steffi Marung and Matthias Middell
Pages
310–333
Abstract
Contributions to this volume summarize and discuss the theoretical foundations of the Collaborative Research Centre at Leipzig University which address the relationship between processes of (re-)spatialization on the one hand and the establishment and characteristics of spatial formats on the other hand. Under the global condition spatial formats are products of collective negotiations on the most effective and widely acceptable balance between the claim for sovereignty and the need for interconnectedness.
Biographical Note
Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University)
Ulf Engel is professor of ‘Politics in Africa’ at the Institute of African Studies at Leipzig University (Germany). He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) and a professor extraordinary in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).