Invisible Borders in a Bordered World

<p>This book critically challenges the usual territorial understanding of borders by examining the often messy internal transborder ambiguous and in-between spaces that co-exist with traditional borders. By considering those less visible aspects of borders the book develops an inclusive understanding of how contemporary borders are structured and how they influence human identity mobility and belonging. </p><p>The introduction and conclusion provide theoretical and contextual framing while chapters explore topics of global labor and refugees unrecognized states ethnic networks cyberspace transboundary resource conflicts and indigenous and religious spaces that rarely register on conventional maps or commonplace understandings of territory. In the end the volume demonstrates that despite being invisible on most maps these borders have a very real material and tangible presence and consequences for those people who live within alongside and across them.</p>