Global borderlands: a case study of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Philippines

摘要: By developing the concept of “global borderlands”—semi-autonomous, foreign-controlled geographic locations geared toward international exchange—this article shifts focus globalization literature from elite global cities and on national borders to within-country sites owned or operated by foreigners defined significant social, cultural, economic exchange. I analyze three shared features these sites: semi-autonomy, symbolic boundaries, unequal relations. The multi-method analyses reveal how borderlands can help us better understand interactions that occur among people different nationalities, classes, races/ethnicities complex dynamics within spaces. first situate literatures geopolitical borderlands. Next, use case study Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ), Philippines show (1) semi-autonomy produces regulations depending nationality, (2) its differentiate this space surrounding community, (3) their reproduce As home former US Naval Base current site a Zone, SBFZ serves as particularly strategic research location examine forms between groups spaces power.