It is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state
borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that
this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable
today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines.
Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart
borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive
scale. Mau shows how the new sorting machines create mobility and
immobility at the same time: for some travellers, borders open
readily, but for others they are closed more firmly than ever.
While a small circle of privileged people can travel almost
anywhere today, the vast majority of the world's population
continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus
nature of globalization more evident than at the borders of the
21st century.
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