Abstract
Through the years, the concept of ‘frontier’ has had a radical evolution, sometimes related to a specific empirical reality. This is crucial in understanding the different cases in the world related to land frontiers. For these reasons, the present chapter is divided into two big thematic axes: At first, the general characterization of the concept ‘frontier’, which includes the principal classical theoretical approaches, and secondly, an international comparison, including The United States, Europe, and Latin America.
Result of doctoral research in the Doctorate in Political Studies at Universidad Externado de Colombia, in Bogotá.
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Simonet (1888), p. 232.
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This is an idea frequently presented by Friedrich Ratzel throughout his work.
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López (2011), pp. 157–163.
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Lorenzo López Trigal, Op. cit., p. 160.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid., pp. 160–162.
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World Trade Organization (WTO).
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At present the concept of geopolitics has given rise to consider oceanopolitics, to refer to the policy of the oceans and seas and their importance in the political life of the countries.
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López (2011), p. 162.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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According to the analysis of Juan Carlos Arriaga-Rodríguez, Professor of the Department of Political and International Studies of the University of Quintana Roo, Richard White and Patricia Nelson Limerick, were two of the most critical historians of Turner’s theses. Arriaga-Rodríguez (2013), pp. 9–47.
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Ibid., p. 23.
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Foucher (1991), pp. 24–37.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid., p. 205.
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Foucher (1991), p. 25.
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Ibid., p. 533.
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Blandón, R.C. (2023). The Emergence of Frontier as a Concept: Classical Theoretical Approaches and Territorial Differences. In: Endrizzi, D., Becerra, J., Del Campo, E.A.P., Cubides Cárdenas, J., Gamarra-Amaya, L.C. (eds) Frontiers – Law, Theory and Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13607-8_2
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