Borders

A Very Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-973150-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 109 mm, Gewicht: 136 g

Compelling and accessible, this 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. Highlighting the historical development and continued relevance of borders, Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen offer a powerful counterpoint to the idea of an imminent borderless world, underscoring the impact borders have on a range of issues, such as economic development, inter- and intra-state conflict, global terrorism, migration, nationalism, international law, environmental sustainability, and natural resource management. Diener and Hagen demonstrate how and why borders have been, are currently, and will undoubtedly remain hot topics across the social sciences and in the global headlines for years to come.

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Zielgruppe

Geographers, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, international relations and law experts, and their students; especially courses in world regional and political geography, international relations and globalization, and political anthropology and sociology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Diener, Alexander C.

Hagen, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1: A Very Bordered World

- Chapter 2: Borders and Territory in the Ancient World

- Chapter 3: The Modern State System

- Chapter 4: The Practice of Bordering

- Chapter 5: Border Crossers and Border Crossings

- Chapter 6: Cross-border Institutions and Systems

- Chapter 7: A Very Bordered Future

- Further Reading

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander C. Diener is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Kansas. Joshua Hagen is Professor of Geography at Marshall University.