Introduction Maria Kousis, Tom Selwyn and David Clark -- PART I: RECOVERING THE MEDITERRANEAN -- Chapter 1. On Bureaucratic Essentialism: Constructing the Mediterranean in European Union Institutions Vasiliki Yiakoumaki -- Chapter 2. European {8216}Securitisation Policies{8217} and the Southern {8216}Fortress-Europe{8217} Minas Samatas -- Chapter 3. Locating the {8216}Mediterranean{8217} in Music: The Medi-Terra music festival Eleni Kallimopoulou -- PART II: STATE, CAPITAL AND RESISTANCE -- Chapter 4. Spaces of War, spaces of Memory: Popular expressions of politics in post-war Beirut Sune Haugbolle -- Chapter 5. Environmentalists in Malta: The growing voice of civil society Jeremy Boissevain and Caroline Gatt -- Chapter 6. Governing Coastal Biodiversity: Caretta caretta in Zakynthos and Crete Maria Kousis and Katerina Psarikidou -- PART III: CAPITAL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GOVERNANCE -- Chapter 7. Contested Politics of the Mediterranean: Star Street and the struggle for development in Bethlehem Carol Sansour Dabdoub and Carol Zoughbi-Janineh -- Chapter 8. Contentious Politics at a Bosphorus Neighbourhood: Perspectives on conflict and solidarity during the 20th Century Günham Danişman and Ismail Üstün -- Chapter 9. Playing Snakes and Ladders in Ciutat de Mallorca: An ethnographic approach to the production of the neighbourhood scale Marc A. Morell and Jaume Franquesa -- PART IV: TRANSFORMING IDENTITIES: IMAGINATION AND REPRESENTATIONS -- Chapter 10. Ethnicised inter-religious conflicts in contemporary Granada, Spain Javier Rosóm Lorente and Gunther Dietz -- Chapter 11. Governance, Alliance and Resistance: Jewish museums in Italy David Clark -- Chapter 12. The Making of Home away from Home: The Role of Ethno-cultural Festivals in contesting local spaces Elia Vardaki -- Chapter 13. Tears on the Border: The case of Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, Palestine Tom Selwyn