'Tom Wilson has forged an impressive collection on borders and borderlands that emphasizes their fascinating complexity. Seasoned border studies scholars are at the top of their game here, augmented by the new wave of academics writing on the subject. History is omnipresent but the emphasis is on the contemporary world of borders and their multifarious crises. A must-read for those interested in borders, bordering, debordering and rebordering.' -- Cathal McCall, Queen's University, Belfast, UK Embracing the conceptual multiplicity of borders, borderlands and bordering processes, this volume offers a timely account of the state of border studies. The contributions range across time, space and disciplines to highlight historic processes and enduring genealogies of border concepts even as they simultaneously advance well beyond conventional Westphalian notions of the state and its sovereign boundaries. The volume offers readers a snapshot of a globe in which new critical framings of nature, cartography, epidemiology, migration and tourism, among many other topics compel scholars to reassess the work that borders do in our contemporary moment. A rich and provocative collection of essays that challenges scholars to rethink the border as both concept and site of lived experience, urging us to consider the potential for more democratic borderland commons. -- Pamela Ballinger, University of Michigan, USA Reading this book is akin to being immersed in a fascinating global and interdisciplinary masterclass with world-renowned experts on borders. By coming together in this way, they not only convincingly explain the increasing complexity and significance of borders but ably demonstrate how border studies can and should respond. -- Katy Hayward, Queens University Belfast, UK This is a superb and indispensable book for everyone interested in multidisciplinary perspectives on borders. Tom Wilson and his contributors invite us to rethink what it really means to practice border studies as a field of diverse disciplinary inquiry. -- Hastings Donnan, Queens University Belfast, UK
