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Cultures of Border Control: Schengen and the Evolution of European Frontiers
In recent years, a number of European countries abolished national border controls in favor of Europe’s external frontiers. In doing so, they challenged long-established conceptions of sovereignty, territoriality, and security in world affairs.
Setting forth a new analytic framework informed by constructivism and pragmatism, Ruben Zaiotti traces the transformation of underlying assumptions and cultural practices guiding European policymakers and postnational Europe, shedding light on current trends characterizing its politics and relations with others. The book also includes a fascinating comparison to developments in North America, where the United States has pursued more restrictive border control strategies since 9/11. As a broad survey of the origins, evolution, and implications of this remarkable development in European integration, Cultures of Border Control will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations and political geography.
Setting forth a new analytic framework informed by constructivism and pragmatism, Ruben Zaiotti traces the transformation of underlying assumptions and cultural practices guiding European policymakers and postnational Europe, shedding light on current trends characterizing its politics and relations with others. The book also includes a fascinating comparison to developments in North America, where the United States has pursued more restrictive border control strategies since 9/11. As a broad survey of the origins, evolution, and implications of this remarkable development in European integration, Cultures of Border Control will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations and political geography.
280 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2011
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May 27, 2016
I've abandoned this book, tbh. I found the framework of the book ultimately unworkable and the references to evolutionary theory clunky and uninteresting.
The book's greatest merit lies in a thorough consideration of border thinking--but that can be found elsewhere without the pseudo-scientific evolutionary framework. Perhaps, as they say, it gets better--but I simply couldn't make it. It may be my own failing, perhaps the texts, perhaps a combination.
The book's greatest merit lies in a thorough consideration of border thinking--but that can be found elsewhere without the pseudo-scientific evolutionary framework. Perhaps, as they say, it gets better--but I simply couldn't make it. It may be my own failing, perhaps the texts, perhaps a combination.
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