Border politics : the limits of sovereign power / Nick Vaughan-Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan-Williams, Nick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Boundaries--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents a distinctive theoretical approach to the problem of borders in the study of International Relations. It turns from the current debate regarding the presence or absence of borders to consider the fundamental change that is occurring in the concept of the border in contemporary political life.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Borders are not what or where they are suposed to be; Chapter 2: The study of borders in global politics; Chapter 3: Violence, territory and the borders of juridical-political order; Chapter 4: The generalised biopolitical border; Chapter 5: Alternative border imaginaries; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-184) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5274-4

1-282-13660-7

9786612136603

0-7486-4021-5

OCLC:

432429078