Cities in a World Economy, Fifth Edition examines the emergence of global cities as a new social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance …
Compara os impactos da globalização na Europa, América Latina e Estados Unidos ao examinar suas diferenças culturais nas finanças, na cidadania, nas artes visuais, nas …
Borders are where wars start, as Primo Levi once wrote. But they are also bridges-that is, sites for ongoing cultural exchange. Anyone studying how nations and states maintain …
The historical study of borderlands has been unduly restricted by an emphasis on the legal, political, and geographical aspects of borders and by a state-centered approach. Too often …
Cross-border integration is a multifaceted as well as contextually contingent process. While various conceptualisations have been developed, the theoretical foundations of the concept …
By 1994 American anti-immigration rhetoric had reached a fevered pitch, and throngs of migrants entered the US nightly. In response, the INS launched" Operation Gatekeeper," the …
This article examines the role of water infrastructure in the production of state power, and advances an understanding of nonhumans as power brokers. While state power is …
Tribes and Politics in Yemen tells the story of the Houthi conflict in Sa'dah Province, Yemen, as seen through the eyes of the local tribes. In the West the Houthi conflict, which erupted in …
Border control-the effort to restrict territorial access-has long been a core state activity.'As terri-torially demarcated institutions, states have always imposed entry barriers, whether to …