The book weaves together border studies, migration and tourism to develop a nuanced analytical framework that opens up new avenues for understanding the impact borders have to different classes of people and their nationalities. The chapters of this volume reflect the changing relations between borders, bordering practices and mobilities. They prov
"This book could not be more timely as immigration becomes the issue that could break the European Union and border anxieties pervade the world of states. The book focuses on the neglected ethical dilemmas of borders: from the ways migrants are categorized as refugees and 'economic' migrants, for example, to the fact that tourism, one of the world's major industries by value-added, depends on easy border crossing even as others are excluded, and the idea of a world without borders as being necessarily more just than the one we presently have. If populist politicians would read more, including this book, they might rant less and reason more."
- Professor John Agnew, UCLA, USA