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Border Politics: The Limits of Sovereign Power
Nick Vaughan-Williams
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Description for Border Politics: The Limits of Sovereign Power
Hardback. Presents a distinctive theoretical approach to the problem of borders in the study of International Relations. It turns from the current debate regarding the presence or absence of borders to consider the fundamental change that is occurring in the concept of the border in contemporary political life. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
This book presents a distinctive theoretical approach to the problem of borders in the study of global politics. It turns from current debates about the presence or absence of borders between states to consider the possibility that the concept of the border of the state is being reconfigured in contemporary political life. The author uses critical resources found in poststructuralist thought to think in new ways about the relationship between borders, security and sovereign power, drawing on a range of thinkers including Agamben, Derrida and Foucault. He highlights the necessity of a more pluralized and radicalised view of what ... Read more
This book presents a distinctive theoretical approach to the problem of borders in the study of global politics. It turns from current debates about the presence or absence of borders between states to consider the possibility that the concept of the border of the state is being reconfigured in contemporary political life. The author uses critical resources found in poststructuralist thought to think in new ways about the relationship between borders, security and sovereign power, drawing on a range of thinkers including Agamben, Derrida and Foucault. He highlights the necessity of a more pluralized and radicalised view of what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748637324
SKU
V9780748637324
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99-10
About Nick Vaughan-Williams
Nick Vaughan-Williams is Assistant Professor in International Security at the University of Warwick, UK. He is co-author (with Columba Peoples) of Critical Security Studies: An Introduction (2010) and co-editor (with Jenny Edkins) of Critical Theorists and International Relations (2009).
Reviews for Border Politics: The Limits of Sovereign Power
An urgently needed book.
Yosef Lapid, New Mexico State University Offers a significant contribution to debates about borders that deserves wide-spread attention.
John Williams, University of Durham An urgently needed book. Offers a significant contribution to debates about borders that deserves wide-spread attention.
Yosef Lapid, New Mexico State University Offers a significant contribution to debates about borders that deserves wide-spread attention.
John Williams, University of Durham An urgently needed book. Offers a significant contribution to debates about borders that deserves wide-spread attention.