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Borders and Border Walls: In-Security, Symbolism, Vulnerabilities book cover

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Borders and Border Walls In-Security, Symbolism, Vulnerabilities

Edited By Andréanne Bissonnette, Élisabeth Vallet Copyright 2021
228 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book addresses the recent evolution of borderlines around the world as an attempt to control transnational movements with a view to securitization of borders rooted in the need to control mobility and preserve national identities. This book moves beyond physical borders and studies new manifestations of borders such as technological and symbolic walls. It brings together scholars from... Read more

1. State of Border Walls in a Globalized World

Élisabeth Vallet

Part 1: Enforcing the Line

2. The Escalation of U.S.-Mexico Border Enforcement

David A. Shirk

3. Argentina’s Enigmatic Wall on the Paraguayan Border

Robert Andolina

4. Ambiguous Bordering Practices at the EU’s Edges

Jussi P. Laine

5. Enforcing Israel/Palestine’s Border Spaces

Christine Leuenberger

6. Border Walls in a Regional Context: The Case of Morocco and Algeria

Said Saddiki

7. Beyond the Border Fence: The Emergence of Hungary’s Contemporary Bordering Regime

James Scott

Part 2: Walled Borders, Walled Lives

8. Ways of Seeing (the Border)

Matthew Longo

9. The Border Wall and the Paper Wall: Accessing Reproductive Care in the US-Mexico Borderlands

Andréanne Bissonnette

10. Spaces of Exclusion: Negotiating Access to Land Beyond the Border Fence in Indian Punjab

Raphaela Kormoll

11. Securitizing Insecurity Along Mexico’s Borders

Margath A. Walker

12. Promoting Social Change Through Acompañamiento Internacional at the US-Mexico Border

Irasema Coronado

Biography

Andréanne Bissonnette is a PhD candidate in Political Science and research fellow at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Her research focuses on women's rights, immigration and borders in the US.

Élisabeth Vallet is the Director of the Raoul Dandurand Center for Geopolitical Studies UQAM and Associate Professor at the RMC-Saint Jean. A regular chronicler for the Canadian national network and Le Devoir newspaper, she was awarded the AAG Richard Morrill Outreach Award in 2017. Her research focuses on borders, globalization and border fencing.

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