{"product_id":"border-encounters-asymmetry-and-proximity-at-europes-frontiers-9781785332197","title":"Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAmong 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 questions of how, and to what extent, the border context influences the changing interactions and social relationships between people at a political frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…provides a rich and thought provoking perspective on encounters and connectivity at the borders of Europe – both internal and external.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e ·  The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAs befits anthropology, \u003c\/em\u003eBorder Encounters\u003cem\u003e is rich in empirical detail. However, it is also an excellent introduction to border theory, with a helpful literature review. The theoretical framework clearly set out in the Introduction and the individual chapters do collectively illustrate why borders should be seen as constructs and as sites of asymmetrical social relationships…All in all, this is an intriguing and well-structured volume which will be of interest to students and scholars from a variety of academic disciplines.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  LSE Review of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Border Encounters – Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe’s Frontiers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJutta Lauth Bacas and William Kavanagh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: OPENING BORDERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Consumer Rites: the Politics of Consumption in a Re-Unified Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDaphne Berdahl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cross-Border Relations and Regional Identity on the Polish-German Border\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobert Parkin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Anti-Nuclear Activism at the Czech-Austrian Border\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBirgit Müller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Powerful Documents: Passports, Passages and Dilemmas of Identification on the Georgian – Turkish Border\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMathijs Pelkmans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Proximity and Asymmetry on the Portuguese – Spanish Border\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWilliam Kavanagh \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: STRENGTHENING BORDERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Asymmetries of Gender and Generation on a Post-Soviet Borderland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaura Assmuth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘We are all tourists’: Enduring Social Relations and Changing Proximities and Asymmetries at the Romanian-Serbian Border in Different Mobility Regimes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCosmin Radu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘We used to be one country’: Rural Transformations, Economic Asymmetries and National Identities in the Ukrainian-Russian Borderlands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTatiana Zhurzhenko\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: CROSSING FORBIDDEN BORDERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Under One Roof: Six Years of Border Crossings in Cyprus\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLisa Dikomitis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Birth of a Border: Policing by Charity on the Italian Maritime Edge\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaurizio Albahari\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Managing Proximity and Asymmetry in Border Encounters: The Reception of Undocumented Migrants on a Greek Border Island\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJutta Lauth Bacas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470007079255,"sku":"9781785332197","price":22.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785332197.jpg?v=1744897084","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/border-encounters-asymmetry-and-proximity-at-europes-frontiers-9781785332197","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}