Introduction to the Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2021

We are intrigued about world borders, their history and their spatial representation. We are interested in rediscovering the importance of spatial structure shaping globalization, which has deeply challenged geographic borders that were once "fixed" historical divisions of sovereignty and citizenship. This is why we are attentive to the changing role of borders in the twenty-first century. We are interested in researching how border zones are made up of assemblages of capital, objects, people, i