ABSTRACT
This chapter synthesizes the sociocultural-boundaries approach and the theory of hegemonic discourses. It then introduces the concept of a regime of intersection that points to the specific modes of interplay among various inequality dimensions. The transformation of categorical distinctions such as the spatial distinctions of global/local and national/transnational into specific socio-cultural boundaries is the discursive transfer of classifications from the field of unfixity to their temporary stabilization as inequality-producing. The chapter suggests that cultural systems of classification, including distinctions around space, become sociocultural boundaries that (re)produce hierarchical life opportunities only if they are marked as such by relevant hegemonic narratives. The interplay of the spatial and other types of sociocultural boundaries may differ from pattern to pattern. In contrast to academic internationalization policies, diversity programmes neither incorporate domain-specific premises nor presuppose the dominance of any particular type of sociocultural boundary.
