This timely book explores the central role that borders play in
shaping the contemporary world. Building on a discussion of border
thinking and making from antiquity to the present, Gabriel Popescu
applies a critical eye to current border-making concepts,
processes, and contexts. Throughout, he offers a balanced
understanding of borders, explaining why and how interstate borders
have emerged, whose interest they serve, who is involved in border
making, and how border-making practices affect societies. Assessing
the latest theoretical approaches to border studies, the author
deftly incorporates a range of disciplinary perspectives, including
geography, international relations, sociology, history, security
studies, and anthropology. Popescu explores recent world events,
discussing how current issues such as migration, terrorism, global
warming, pandemics, the international human rights regime,
outsourcing, the economic crisis, supranational integration,
regionalization, and digital technology relate to borders and
influence our lives. Written with a clear eye and voice, this book
makes a complex subject accessible to a wide readership.
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