The Border

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In this excellent book, Schain sustains focus on border policy. I have been in the field for decades and I learned much from this book. * Randall Hansen, Interim Director, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto * A remarkable analysis on the politics of border in Europe and the US by one of the best political scientists on European and American immigration policies. * Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, Senior Research Fellow, The French National Centre for Scientific Research * Asylum policy is much in the news, yet reporting and scholarship on the subject raises many questions. This is the complex landscape Schain deftly navigates in this important and timely book. * Mabel Berezin, Professor of Sociology, Cornell University * Over the course of the book, Schain explores the evolution of border policy on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as how these policies have been enforced in Europe and the US. In both cases, problems related to migration and global interconnectedness have been framed by a complex web of interest groups, political parties, and federal competition. Perhaps Schain's most important point is that in all cases border policy has become more demanding for migrants seeking entry into nations with heavily guarded borders, but for different reasons. European nations tend to focus on questions of potential integration, while US concerns focus more on unauthorized entry and residence. Territoriality thus persists in the globalized, digitally connected world. * T. P. Bowman, West Texas A&M University, CHOICE *