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Jutta Lauth Bacas - Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe's Frontiers - 9781845453961 - V9781845453961
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Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe's Frontiers

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Description for Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe's Frontiers Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Lauth Bacas, Jutta; Kavanagh, William. Num Pages: 276 pages, 26 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMC; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845453961
SKU
V9781845453961
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Ref
99-15

About Jutta Lauth Bacas
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 theoretical framework clearly ... Read more

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