1. Introduction. Part I: Diagnosis. 2. Borders in Perspective. 3. Access Denied! 4. From Utopia to Possibilia. Part II: Solutions. 5. Mobility and Domicile. 6. Sanctuary City. 7. Right to the Future. 8. Conclusion. Index
Biography
Harald Bauder is Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and the Graduate Program for Immigration and Settlement Studies (ISS) at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, and the founding Academic Director of the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS).
"Freedom, however, is in the realm of possiblia (I gladly adopt this term) and thus in the realm of the not-yet-thinkable and of practice. It is good that Bauder does not go too far here. The result is a truly good book on open borders and contingent possibilities. It would be great if many activists and students, but also municipal dignitaries and politicians, would read it. An inspiration for upcoming tasks." - Forschungsgesellschaft Flucht & Migration Online, November 2016
"[t]he book deserves praise for managing, in little more than a hundred pages, not only to introduce the open borders option but also to tackle the different arguments for and against the option, and to clearly locate open borders between utopia and what is a possibility for tomorrow or the future." - Djordje Sredanovic, Wiley, Migrations Asylum Multiculturalism/Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration & Equality/Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, December, 2016
"Bauder intelligibly takes full advantage of the three concepts of migration, borders and freedom to discuss many conceivable possibilities and contradictions that counter walls, borders, lines, and divides.Bauder introduces relevant and provocative policy measures on migrant rights to work and stay, by referring to restrictions imposed to citizenship, territoriality, and the nation-state."- Sutapa Chattopadhyay, Interface, Vol 9, Nov/Dec 2017
"Bauder does not leave it at moral accusations and anti-negative political criticism. The critical border and migration researcher wants to develop fresh ideas that are challenging outdated visions and practices of border policy (31). His stated aim, as outlined in the Introduction, is to explore possible ways to a future world in which "humanity can exercise freedom of migration "(10). He wants to contribute to the search for currently practicable as well as future solutions (x) by exploring concepts and methods for their usability in this project. Bauder achieves this claim through the founded review of classical and current theories in a theoretically sophisticated and yet reader-friendly manner." - William Mitchell, Berlin
