Violent Borders - Refugees and the Right to Move (Paperback)

Forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores of Europe only accounting for half of the grisly total. Reece Jones argues that these deaths are not exceptional, but rather the result of state attempts to contain populations and control access to resources and opportunities. "We may live in an era of globalization," he writes, "but much of the world is increasingly focused on limiting the free movement of people." In Violent Borders, Jones crosses the migrant trails of the world, documenting the billions of dollars spent on border security projects and their dire consequences for countless millions. While the poor are restricted by the lottery of birth to slum dwellings in the aftershocks of decolonization, the wealthy travel without constraint, exploiting pools of cheap labor and lax environmental regulations. With the growth of borders and resource enclosures, the deaths of migrants in search of a better life are intimately connected to climate change, environmental degradation, and the growth of global wealth inequality.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Reece Jones
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-78478-474-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography Promotions
LSN:	1-78478-474-5
Barcode:	9781784784744

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