Bordering and Ordering the Twenty-first Century - Understanding Borders (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Gabriel Popescu
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-5622-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions
LSN:	0-7425-5622-0
Barcode:	9780742556225

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