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Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe´s Frontiers
Jutta Lauth Bacas (Ed.)
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Description for Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe´s Frontiers
Paperback. Addresses the changes in European political frontiers. Investigates border encounters from a local, ground-up perspective. Uses anthropological case studies from European borderlands to explain the changing interactions and social relationships between people at a political frontier. Editor(s): Lauth Bacas, Jutta; Kavanagh, William. Num Pages: 302 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JHM; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Among the tremendous changes affecting Europe in recent decades, those concerning political frontiers have been some of the most significant. International borders are being opened in some regions while being redefined or reinforced in others. The social relationships of those living in these borderland regions are also changing fundamentally. This volume investigates, from a local, ground-up perspective, what is happening at some of these border encounters: face-to-face interactions and relations of compliance and confrontation, where people are bargaining, exchanging goods and information, and maneuvering beyond state boundaries. Anthropological case studies from a number of European borderlands shed light on the ... Read more
Among the tremendous changes affecting Europe in recent decades, those concerning political frontiers have been some of the most significant. International borders are being opened in some regions while being redefined or reinforced in others. The social relationships of those living in these borderland regions are also changing fundamentally. This volume investigates, from a local, ground-up perspective, what is happening at some of these border encounters: face-to-face interactions and relations of compliance and confrontation, where people are bargaining, exchanging goods and information, and maneuvering beyond state boundaries. Anthropological case studies from a number of European borderlands shed light on the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332197
SKU
V9781785332197
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About Jutta Lauth Bacas (Ed.)
Jutta Lauth Bacas holds a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the University of Zurich with a special focus on migration studies. She has held teaching positions at universities in both Switzerland and Germany and also worked as a researcher at the Academy of Athens, Greece. Co-founder of the Mediterraneanist Network of EASA, she is a member of the Advisory Board ... Read more
Reviews for Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe´s Frontiers
...provides a rich and thought provoking perspective on encounters and connectivity at the borders of Europe - both internal and external. The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland As befits anthropology, Border Encounters is rich in empirical detail. However, it is also an excellent introduction to border theory, with a helpful literature review. The ... Read more