ABSTRACT
Throughout history, the functions and roles of borders have been continuously changing. They can only be understood in their context, shaped as they are by history, politics and power, as well as cultural and social issues. Borders are therefore complex spatial and social phenomena which are not static or invariable, but which are instead highly dynamic. This comprehensive volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of leading scholars to provide an authoritative, state-of-the-art review of all aspects of borders and border research. It is truly global in scope and, besides embracing the more traditional strands of the field including geopolitics, migration and territorial identities, it also takes in recently emerging topics such as the role of borders in a seemingly borderless world; creating neighbourhoods, and border enforcement in the post-9/11 era.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I: Theorizing Borders: Conceptual Aspects of Border Studies
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Part II: Geopolitics: State, Nation and Power Relations
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PART III : BORDER ENFORCEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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Part IV: Borders and Territorial Identities: the Mechanisms of Exclusion and Inclusion
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Part V: The Role of Borders in a Seemingly Borderless World
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Part VI: Crossing Borders
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Part VII: Creating Neighbourhoods
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Part VIII: Nature and Environment