The essays in this volume take up the challenge of working out -- or reworking -- the problematics of the borders, the boundaries and the frameworks that struct

In the current historical moment borders have taken on heightened material and symbolic significance, shaping identities and the social and political landscape.

How is it that walls, borders, boundaries—and their material and symbolic architectures of division and exclusion—engender their very opposite? This edited

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

International borders are among the most significant political inventions of modern times. The borders between national states are not just important to the peo