International borders have become deadly barriers of a proportion rivaled only by war or natural disaster. Yet despite the damage created by borders, most people can't - or don't want to - imagine a world without them. What alternatives do we have to prevent the deadly results of contempor...

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1. Verfasser:	Bauder, Harald 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Routledge 2016
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in human geography
Schlagworte:	Frontières Passage de frontière Sécurité frontalière Border crossing Border security Boundaries Boundaries > Political aspects Boundaries > Social aspects Migration Grenze
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Zusammenfassung:	International borders have become deadly barriers of a proportion rivaled only by war or natural disaster. Yet despite the damage created by borders, most people can't - or don't want to - imagine a world without them. What alternatives do we have to prevent the deadly results of contemporary borders? In today's world, national citizenship determines a person's ability to migrate across borders. Migration Borders Freedom questions that premise. Recognizing the magnitude of deaths occurring at contemporary borders worldwide, the book problematizes the concept of the border and develops arguments for open borders and a world without borders. It explores alternative possibilities, ranging from the practical to the utopian, that link migration with ideas of community, citizenship, and belonging. The author calls into question the conventional political imagination that assumes migration and citizenship to be responsibilities of nation states, rather than cities. While the book draws on the theoretical work of thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, David Harvey, and Henry Lefebvre, it also presents international empirical examples of policies and practices on migration and claims of belonging. In this way, the book equips the reader with the practical and conceptual tools for political action, activist practice, and scholarly engagement to achieve greater justice for people who are on the move. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315638300has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
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ISBN:	1315638304 1317270614 1317270622 1317270630 9781315638300 9781317270614 9781317270621 9781317270638