Cosmopolitan borders

Cosmopolitan Borders makes the case for processes of bordering being better understood through the lens of cosmopolitanism. Borders are 'cosmopolitan workshops' where 'cultural encounters of a cosmopolitan kind' take place and where entrepreneurial cosmopolitans advance new forms...

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Main Authors: Rumford, Chris, 1958-
Group Author: Geiger, Martin
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Mobility and politics
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137351401
Summary: Cosmopolitan Borders makes the case for processes of bordering being better understood through the lens of cosmopolitanism. Borders are 'cosmopolitan workshops' where 'cultural encounters of a cosmopolitan kind' take place and where entrepreneurial cosmopolitans advance new forms of sociality in the face of 'global closure'.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137351395, 2014.
Carrier Form: 116 p. : 0 ill.
ISBN: 9781137351401 :
1137351403 :
CLC: F114.41
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Citizen Vernacular: the Case of Borderwork 3. 'Seeing Like a Border': Towards Multiperspectivalim 4. Fixity/Unfixity 5. Connectivites: Monumentalizing Borders 6. Concluding Comments.