George Gavrilis

The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains why some borders deter insurgents, smugglers, bandits, and militants, while most suffer from infiltration and crisis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780521898997
• ISBN-10: 0521898994
• Artikelnr.: 25045263

Autorenporträt

George Gavrilis is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. In 2009, he served as an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. His previous positions include Director of Research for the CFR Oral History Project, Columbia University, New York; Associate Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University; and National Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, Massachusetts. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, PS: Political Science and Politics, and American Behavioral Scientist. He has conducted research in the Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Balkans.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The trouble with borders
2. Four claims about interstate boundaries
3. Border guards, bandits, and the Ottoman-Greek boundary regime in the nineteenth century
4. The view from above
5. State formation and Central Asian peripheries in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
6. The view from below
7. Implications and interventions.

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1. The trouble with borders; 2. Four claims about interstate boundaries; 3. Border guards, bandits, and the Ottoman-Greek boundary regime in the nineteenth century; 4. The view from above; 5. State formation and Central Asian peripheries in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; 6. The view from below; 7. Implications and interventions.

Rezensionen

'This book masterfully crosses not only boundaries between political science subfields but also disciplinary boundaries to engage sociology and political geography. It should therefore be of interest to a variety of audiences across fields ... The detailed case studies are based on extensive fieldwork, working with primary source material in multiple languages in multiple locations. The historical material is not only fascinating in its own right, but powerfully demonstrates the utility of historically informed analysis for current border security debates ... This slim and smart book is an important contribution to our understanding of geographic and temporal variations in the practice and politics of border controls.' Political Science Quarterly