Cosmopolitan Borders
Published on 1. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 105 pages
978-1-349-46883-6 (ISBN)
Description
Cosmopolitan Borders makes the case for processes of bordering being better understood through the lens of cosmopolitanism. Borders are 'cosmopolitan workshops' where 'cultural encounters of a cosmopolitan kind' take place and where entrepreneurial cosmopolitans advance new forms of sociality in the face of 'global closure'.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 105 p.
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
Weight
1564 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-46883-6 (9781349468836)
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Person
Chris Rumford is Professor of Political Sociology and Global Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of The Globalization of Strangeness, Cricket and Globalization (co-edited with Steve Wagg), Cosmopolitan Spaces and Rethinking Europe (with Gerard Delanty).
Content
1. Introduction 2. Citizen Vernacular: the Case of Borderwork 3. 'Seeing Like a Border': Towards Multiperspectivalim 4. Fixity/Unfixity 5. Connectivites: Monumentalizing Borders 6. Concluding Comments