Deepening Divides: How Territorial Borders and Social Boundaries Delineate our World

by Didier Fassin

Book Overview

At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entities: the former a state's delimitation of territory; the latter the social delineation of differences. The refugee crisis in Europe showed how racial and ethnic boundaries are often instrumentalised to justify the strengthening of state borders - regardless of the cost in human life. But there are other,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745340423
• ISBN13: 9780745340425
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"