Sorting Machines: The Reinvention of the Border in the 21st Century

by Steffen Mau

Book Overview

It is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive scale. Mau shows how the new sorting machines create mobility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509554351
• ISBN13: 9781509554355
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"