期刊全称 | Borders Revisited | 期刊简称 | Discourses on the UK | 影响因子2023 | Bastian A. Vollmer | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Explores the meanings and qualities of contemporary borders, using the UK as its key case study.Reflects upon contemporary developments in the “EU migration crisis,” including its impacts on politics | 学科分类 | Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .The nature and configuration of borders, and the relationship between state borders and societies, have changed. In the 21.st. century, internationalism, transnationalism, and super-diversity have further provoked complexities and anxieties. It seems that as border and migration regimes undergo dramatic transformations, their public profile increases..This book revisits borders, bordering practices, and meanings, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom as a case study. Bastian A. Vollmer examines not only the theoretical and historical dimensions of borders but also various empirical data, including extensive text corpora and dozens of in-depth interviews. Expanding on the concept of vernacular security—that is, an everyday understanding of security—he argues that the existential value of borders is not merely physical, but extends into the order and future construction of states and societies..This book demonstrates decisively that the concept of theborder has not left the centre stage of philosophy, political theory, and political sociology, but has instead emerged as a focal point for multidisciplinary engagements. It further demonstrates how attention to a vernacular per | Pindex | Book 2021 |
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