ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the IPE of borders from experiences of the Global South. It studies ‘negative’ aspects of regionalism and the inclusion of borders and borderlands in the regional and global production and power systems. It explores ‘shadow regionalism’ in borderlands by analysing the nodes between formal and informal networks and processes. By applying a global yet bottom-up perspective in specific cases of cross-border interactions, six nodes are identified: the role of corruption and kinship relations in the spreading of transnational crime, the effects of institutional vacuum and an idea of development and industrialisation on cross-border natural resources, and the influence of market demands and conflict on international migratory flows. These nodes are found to be multilevel, interconnected and overlapping, pervading all areas of socio-economic and political relations among states and domestically, affecting regional settings and global systems.
