Border Studies

Borders sit at the center of global politics. Yet they are too often understood as thin lines, as they appear on maps, rather than as political institutions in their own right. This book takes a detailed look at the evolution of border security in the United States after 9/11. Far from the walls and fences that dominate the news, it reveals borders to be thick, multi-faceted and binational institutions that have evolved greatly in recent decades....

"Butcher and Piehl (1998) provide the first systematic economic analysis of immigration and crime rates,showing that immigration did not lead to a significant increase in crime across U.S.cities over the period 1980-1990. Reid et al.(2005) and Wadsworth (2010) reach the same conclusion when looking at more recent periods.Moving to European countries, Bianchi et al.(2012) conclude that immigration did not increased crime across Italian provinces,while...

"Grounded in empirical studies of activist practices, this international and interdisciplinary collection employs feminist analytics to interrogate the possibility of emancipatory cross-border solidarities in contemporary contexts"--

"Borderlands are complex spaces that can involve military, religious, economic, political, and cultural interactions--all of which may vary by region and over time. John W.I. Lee and Michael North bring together interdisciplinary scholars to analyze a wide range of border issues and to encourage a nuanced dialogue addressing the concepts and processes of borderlands. Gathering the voices of a diverse range of international scholars, Globalizing Borderlands...