A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology.Explores how nations and cultural identities are being transformed by their dynamic, shifting borders where mobility is sometimes facilitated, other times impeded or preventedOffers an array of international views which together form an authoritative guidefor students, instructors and researchersReflects recent significant growth in the importance of understanding the distinctive characteristics of borders and frontiers, including cross-border cooperation, security and controls, migration and population displacements, hybridity, and transnationalism
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-9893-6
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 640
- Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés