Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World by Leanne W... - 9781138221833

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Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing WorldA Preferred Future\nAuthor(s): Leanne Weber\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138221833, 978-1138221833\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a new point of departure for thinking critically and creatively about international borders and the perceived need to defend them, adopting an innovative preferred future methodology.\n\nThe authors critically examine a range of border domains including law, citizenship, governance, morality, security, economy, culture and civil society, which provide the means and justification for contemporary border controls, and identify early signs that the dynamics of sovereignty and borders are being fundamentally transformed under conditions of neoliberal globalization. The goal is to locate potential pathways towards the preferred future of relaxed borders, and provide a foundation for a progressive politics dedicated to moving beyond mere c.