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Border Theory

Author : Scott Michaelsen,David E. Johnson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816629633

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Border Theory was first published in 1997. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Challenging the prevailing assumption that border studies occurs only in "the borderlands" where Mexico and the United States meet, the authors gathered in this volume examine the multiple borders that define the United States and the Americas, including the Mason-Dixon line, the U.S.- Canadian border, the shifting boundaries of urban diasporas, and the colonization and confinement of American Indians. The texts assembled here examine the way border studies beckons us to rethink all objects of study and intellectual disciplines as versions of a border problematic. These writers-drawn from anthropology, history, and language studies-critique the terrain, limits, and possibilities of border theory. They examine, among other topics, the "soft" or "friendly" borders produced by ethnic studies, antiassimilationist or "difference" multiculturalisms, liberal anthropologies, and benevolent nationalisms. Referring to a range of theory (anthropological, sociological, feminist, Marxist, European postmodernist and poststructuralist, postcolonial, and ethnohistorical), the authors trace the genealogical and logical links between these discourses and border studies. A timely critique of a field just now revealing its explosive potential, this volume maps the intellectual topography of border theory and challenges the epistemological and political foundations of border studies. Contributors are Russ Castronovo, Elaine K. Chang, Louis Kaplan, Alejandro Lugo, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and Patricia Seed. Scott Michaelsen is assistant professor of English at Michigan State University. David E. Johnson is lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Theory of the Border

Author : Thomas Nail
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190618674

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Despite -- and perhaps because of -- increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history. Borders of all kinds define every aspect of social life in the twenty-first century. From the biometric data that divides the smallest aspects of our bodies to the aerial drones that patrol the immense expanse of our domestic and international airspace, we are defined by borders. They can no longer simply be understood as the geographical divisions between nation-states. Today, their form and function has become too complex, too hybrid. What we need now is a theory of the border that can make sense of this hybridity across multiple domains of social life. Rather than viewing borders as the result or outcome of pre-established social entities like states, Thomas Nail reinterprets social history from the perspective of the continual and constitutive movement of the borders that organize and divide society in the first place. Societies and states are the products of bordering, Nail argues, not the other way around. Applying his original movement-oriented theoretical framework "kinopolitics" to several major historical border regimes (fences, walls, cells, and checkpoints), Theory of the Border pioneers a new methodology of "critical limology," that provides fresh tools for the analysis of contemporary border politics.

Theory of the Border

Author : Thomas Nail
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190618650

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'Theory of the Border' offers a new and unique theoretical framework for understanding one of the most central social phenomena of our time: borders. Applying his original movement-oriented theoretical framework, Thomas Nail pioneers a new methodology of 'critical limology, ' that provides fresh tools for the analysis of contemporary border politics.

Border Theories

Author : Elian Somers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture and state
ISBN : 9490119199

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By using photography and historical documentation, Elian Somers investigates in 'Border theories' the relationship between architecture, politics and history in three Russian cities. During the 20th century, Birobidzhan, Kaliningrad and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk were designed, built and redeveloped under the Soviet regime, with the utopian vision of a socialist city as the guiding principle for each. By examining the evolution of these cities, Somers reveals how visions of urban planners, nourished by political convictions, can control but never fully overwrite a city and its history.

Border Writing

Author : D. Emily Hicks
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816619832

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Border Writing by D. Emily Hicks Pdf

Annotation Examines Latin American literature from the perspective of attempts to break through national, genre, domain, and other borders in order to perceive, or create, a whole culture. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

The Border Multiple

Author : Dorte Jagetic Andersen,Martin Klatt,Marie Sandberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317040095

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The Border Multiple by Dorte Jagetic Andersen,Martin Klatt,Marie Sandberg Pdf

Addressing and conceptualizing the changing character of borders in contemporary Europe, this book examines developments occurring in the light of European integration processes and an on-going tightening of Europe's external borders. Moreover, the book suggests new ways of investigating the nature of European borders by looking at border practices in the light of the mobility turn, and thus as dynamic, multiple, diverse and best expressed in everyday experiences of people living at and with borders, rather than focusing on static territorial divisions between states and regions at geopolitical level. It provides border scholars and researchers as well as policymakers with new empirical and theoretical evidence on the de- and re-bordering processes going on in diverse border regions in Europe, both within and outside of the EU.

On Dangerous Ground

Author : Toby J. Rider,Andrew P. Owsiak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108840347

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On Dangerous Ground by Toby J. Rider,Andrew P. Owsiak Pdf

An analysis of international border settlement and the lifecycle of geopolitical rivalries that arise when settlement fails. Readers - whether interested in political science, international relations, international conflict, global studies, international law, or geography - will find it relevant to contemporary conflicts and how to manage them.

B/ordering Space

Author : Henk van Houtum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351956086

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B/ordering Space by Henk van Houtum Pdf

In the wake of globalization, numerous social scientists are turning to concepts of mobility, fluidity and hybridity to characterize a presumed de-territorialization and de-bordering of contemporary social and economic relations. This book brings together a select group of internationally renowned human geographers to explore the use of these concepts in relation to space, place and territory. In doing so, they (re)situate the subject of borders as active socio-spatial processes from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The contributors link debates on borders to discussions within the wider sphere of cultural studies, notably those addressing themes of migration, post-colonialism, the formation of national/regional identities and radical democratic practice. The chapters focus on those discursive practices that constitute 'bordered' geographical entities in the first instance through differentiated regimes of discourse. The book thus transcends the narrower field of borderlands research by building bridges to other domains of enquiry within political and human geography.

The Politics of Borders

Author : Matthew Longo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107171787

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The Politics of Borders by Matthew Longo Pdf

Borders are changing in response to terrorism and immigration. This book shows why this matters, especially for sovereignty, individual liberty, and citizenship.

Critical Border Studies

Author : Noel Parker,Nick Vaughan-Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134930531

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This edited collection formalises Critical Border Studies (CBS) as a distinctive approach within the interdisciplinary border studies literature. Although CBS represents a heterogeneous assemblage of thought, the hallmark of the approach is a basic dissatisfaction with the ‘Line in the Sand’ metaphor as an unexamined starting point for the study of borders. A headline feature of each contribution gathered here is a concerted effort to decentre the border. By ‘decentring’ we mean an effort to problematise the border not as taken-for-granted entity, but precisely as a site of investigation. On this view, the border is not something that straightforwardly presents itself in an unmediated way. It is never simply ‘present’, nor fully established, nor obviously accessible. Rather, it is manifold and in a constant state of becoming. Empirically, contributors examine the changing nature of the border in a range of cases, including: the Arctic Circle; German-Dutch borderlands; the India-Pakistan region; and the Mediterranean Sea. Theoretically, chapters draw on a range of critical thinkers in support of a new paradigm for border research. The volume will be of particular interest to border studies scholars in anthropology, human geography, international relations, and political science. Critical Border Studies was published as a special issue of Geopolitics.

The Routledge Research Companion to Border Studies

Author : Doris Wastl-Walter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317043980

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The Routledge Research Companion to Border Studies by Doris Wastl-Walter Pdf

Throughout history, the functions and roles of borders have been continuously changing. They can only be understood in their context, shaped as they are by history, politics and power, as well as cultural and social issues. Borders are therefore complex spatial and social phenomena which are not static or invariable, but which are instead highly dynamic. This comprehensive volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of leading scholars to provide an authoritative, state-of-the-art review of all aspects of borders and border research. It is truly global in scope and, besides embracing the more traditional strands of the field including geopolitics, migration and territorial identities, it also takes in recently emerging topics such as the role of borders in a seemingly borderless world; creating neighbourhoods, and border enforcement in the post-9/11 era.

Borders

Author : Alexander C. Diener,Joshua Hagen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197549605

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Borders by Alexander C. Diener,Joshua Hagen Pdf

This second edition of Borders: A Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral forces in the economic, social, political, and environmental processes that shape our lives.

Border Encounters

Author : Jutta Lauth Bacas,William Kavanagh†
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782381389

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Border Encounters by Jutta Lauth Bacas,William Kavanagh† Pdf

Among the tremendous changes affecting Europe in recent decades, those concerning political frontiers have been some of the most significant. International borders are being opened in some regions while being redefined or reinforced in others. The social relationships of those living in these borderland regions are also changing fundamentally. This volume investigates, from a local, ground-up perspective, what is happening at some of these border encounters: face-to-face interactions and relations of compliance and confrontation, where people are bargaining, exchanging goods and information, and maneuvering beyond state boundaries. Anthropological case studies from a number of European borderlands shed light on the questions of how, and to what extent, the border context influences the changing interactions and social relationships between people at a political frontier.

Border Women

Author : Debra A. Castillo,María Socorro Tabuenca Córdoba
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0816639574

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Border Women by Debra A. Castillo,María Socorro Tabuenca Córdoba Pdf

A transnational analysis with an emphasis on gender examines the work of women writers from both sides of the border writing in Spanish, English, or a mixture of the two languages whose work questions the accepted notions of border identities.

A Research Agenda for Border Studies

Author : James W. Scott
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788972741

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A Research Agenda for Border Studies by James W. Scott Pdf

This innovative Research Agenda uncovers links between different levels of border-making processes, or bordering, from the political to the cognitive, and connects everyday processes and experiences of border-making to the wider social world. It addresses the question of how everyday bordering practices and discourses can be productively linked to different aspects of social relations.