| New Borders: Migration, Hotspots and the European Superstate Contributor(s): Vradis, Antonis (Author), Papada, Evie (Author), Painter, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745338453 ISBN-13: 9780745338453 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New Borders is the culmination of two years of research on the Mediterranean migration crisis of 2015-16. The book focuses on Lesbos, a Greek island that came under intense media and political scrutiny as more than one million people crossed its borders, changing and remaking life there. When these migrants--more than ten times the island's earlier population--landed on Lesbos's shores, local authorities were dismantled and replaced by supranational law and authority. In the ensuing months, reception turned to detention, rescue to registration, and refuge to duress. As borders across Europe have come to symbolize the European Union, this book provides answers to questions of European policy, the securitization of national boundaries, and how legislation determines who is free to belong to a place. |
Contributor Bio(s): Papada, Evie: - Evie Papada is a PhD candidate in geography at Loughborough University.Vradis, Antonis: - Antonis Vradis is lecturer and Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at Loughborough University.Painter, Joe: - Joe Painter is professor of geography at Durham University and the author, most recently, of Spatial Politics.Papoutsi, Anna: - Anna Papoutsi is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. |