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001 2014020798
003 DLC
005 20150108082200.0
008 140724s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014020798
020 $a9781479898992 (hardback)
020 $a9781479847761 (pb)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC323$b.B648 2015
082 00 $a306.2$223
084 $aSOC026000$aSOC028000$aSOC007000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aBorder politics :$bsocial movements, collective identities, and globalization /$cedited by Nancy A. Naples and Jennifer Bickham Mendez.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNYU Press,$c[2015]
300 $aix, 405 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In the current historical moment borders have taken on heightened material and symbolic significance, shaping identities and the social and political landscape. "Borders"--defined broadly to include territorial dividing lines as well as sociocultural boundaries--have become increasingly salient sites of struggle over social belonging and cultural and material resources. How do contemporary activists navigate and challenge these borders? What meanings do they ascribe to different social, cultural and political boundaries, and how do these meanings shape the strategies in which they engage? Moreover, how do these social movements confront internal borders based on the differences that emerge within social change initiatives? Border Politics, edited by Nancy A. Naples and Jennifer Bickham Mendez, explores these important questions through eleven carefully selected case studies situated in geographic contexts around the globe. By conceptualizing struggles over identity, social belonging and exclusion as extensions of border politics, the authors capture the complex ways in which geographic, cultural, and symbolic dividing lines are blurred and transcended, but also fortified and redrawn. This volume notably places right-wing and social justice initiatives in the same analytical frame to identify patterns that span the political spectrum. Border Politics offers a lens through which to understand borders as sites of diverse struggles, as well as the strategies and practices used by diverse social movements in today's globally interconnected world. Contributors: Phillip Ayoub, Renata Blumberg, Yvonne Braun, Moon Charania, Michael Dreiling, Jennifer Johnson, Jesse Klein, Andrej Kurnik, Sarah Maddison, Duncan McDuie-Ra, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Nancy A. Naples, David Paternotte, Maple Razsa, Raphi Rechitsky, Kyle Rogers, Deana Rohlinger, Cristina Sanidad, Meera Sehgal, Tara Stamm, Michelle Te;llez"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aBoundaries$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aBorderlands$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aGroup identity.
650 0 $aCollective memory.
650 0 $aSocial movements.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aNaples, Nancy A.
700 1 $aMéndez, Jennifer Bickham.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1313/2883701/image/lgcover.9781479898992.jpg