Routing Borders Between Territories, Discourses and Practices

Download or read book Routing Borders Between Territories, Discourses and Practices written by H.Van Houtum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. This multi-disciplinary reading focuses on the latent meaningful and contextual strategies that are often implied and included in bordering processes. It demonstrates that the border as a concept is not so much an object, but rather an ongoing process. The book also consciously and provocatively balances the modernist trap of universalism, exclusive ordering and state-centrism and the postmodernist trap of moral nihilism. Leading specialists in their fields provide illustrative case studies from Europe and Asia, making a major contribution to border studies.