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Migration Borders Freedom
Author(s)
Bauder, Harald
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
104160Language
EnglishAbstract
International borders have become deadly barriers of a proportion rivaled only by war or natural disaster. Yet despite the damage created by borders, most people can’t – or don’t want to – imagine a world without them. What alternatives do we have to prevent the deadly results of contemporary borders?
In today’s world, national citizenship determines a person’s ability to migrate across borders. Migration Borders Freedom questions that premise. Recognizing the magnitude of deaths occurring at contemporary borders worldwide, the book problematizes the concept of the border and develops arguments for open borders and a world without borders. It explores alternative possibilities, ranging from the practical to the utopian, that link migration with ideas of community, citizenship, and belonging. The author calls into question the conventional political imagination that assumes migration and citizenship to be responsibilities of nation states, rather than cities. While the book draws on the theoretical work of thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, David Harvey, and Henry Lefebvre, it also presents international empirical examples of policies and practices on migration and claims of belonging. In this way, the book equips the reader with the practical and conceptual tools for political action, activist practice, and scholarly engagement to achieve greater justice for people who are on the move.
Keywords
Science; Earth Sciences; Geography; Social Science; Human GeographyDOI
10.4324/9781315638300ISBN
9781138195608, 9781315638300Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2016Grantor
Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Geography
Human geography