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State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Transformations of the state
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137016751 |
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State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and show how borders have become ever more selective. 'This latest work emerging out of the prodigious Bremen School of State Transformation shows that state borders do not disappear in an age of globalization. Instead, borders become more selective, open to a courted few, but closed to the vast majority of humankind. With theoretical sophistication and methodological rigor, this excellent book shows better than any other book I know how states control mobility in our fast-changing world.' - Christian Joppke, Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland 'A fresh and innovative comparative perspective with historical depth, this accessible book bu |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230277847. |
| Carrier Form: | 280 p. : 7 figures, 15. |
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9780230277847 9781137016751 : 1137016752 : |
| CLC: | D523.8 |
| Contents: | Introduction Nation-State Building and the Regulation of Mobility Globalization and the Challenge of Mobility Visa Policies and the Regulation of Territorial Access The Spatial Flexibilization of Border Control Internationalization of Border Policies Varieties of Border Policies New Control and Selectivity Arrangements. |