Borderlines
Borderlines addresses international issues with the goal of revisioning global politics. It seeks to encourage a dialogue among scholars from a range of disciplines, including international relations, comparative politics, cultural studies, feminist theory, literary theory, and cultural anthropology. By analyzing specific events as well as broader theories and discourses, the series contributes larger contexts for and interdisciplinary approaches to historical and contemporary politics.
Books in this Series
Geopolitical Exotica
Tibet in Western Imagination
Unsettles common views of “Tibetanness” while suggesting a way forward
Borderscapes
Hidden Geographies and Politics at Territory’s Edge
A multidisciplinary exploration of national borders—in theory and in practice
The Subject of Coexistence
Otherness in International Relations
Interrogates the concept of coexistence, central to modern IR theory and praxis
In the Space of Theory
Postfoundational Geographies of the Nation-State
Considers the contemporary crisis of the nation-state in North America
Virtue, Fortune, and Faith
A Genealogy of Finance
A revealing examination of the frequently misunderstood history of contemporary financial markets
The Politics of the Global
Examines globalism as a social production, opening up new paths of resistance
Contingent States
Greater China and Transnational Relations
Studies the economic and ideological flow that permeates the borders of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea
Native to the Nation
Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in Australia
How people manipulate local landscape to define their place in the world
Environmental Security
A critical look at the relationship between environmental degradation and international relations.
Civilization and Violence
Regimes of Representation in Nineteenth-Century Colombia
Offers a new way of understanding the relationship between violence and the formation of foundational myths.
Identities, Borders, Orders
Rethinking International Relations Theory
An interdisciplinary exploration of the role of sovereignty, national identity, and borders in international politics.
Whose Hunger?
Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid
An analytical look at the ways we define and respond to famine.
Managing Displacement
Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism
An insider’s analysis of worldwide refugee operations.
Postcolonial Insecurities
India, Sri Lanka, and the Question of Nationhood
An exploration of the connections between ethnicity and nation-building.
Cultures of Insecurity
States, Communities, and the Production of Danger
Examines the cultural production of insecurity in local, national and international contexts.
Re-Envisioning Peacekeeping
The United Nations and the Mobilization of Ideology
A critical look at the meaning of UN peacekeeping missions.
Constructing National Interests
The United States and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Uses the Cuban missile crisis to examine a concept central to International relations.
States and Strangers
Refugees and Displacements of Statecraft
Looks at the role of refugees in international relations.
Oh, Say, Can You See
The Semiotics of the Military in Hawai’i
Considers what the military presence in Hawai’i tells us about colonialism, gender, race, and class.
Uses of the Other
“The East” in European Identity Formation
Examines identity politics in the context of international relations.
On the Way to Diplomacy
A deconstruction of the idea of diplomacy that explores the links between its theory and practice.
Critical Geopolitics
The Politics of Writing Global Space
Uses new concepts of mapping and space to challenge traditional geopolitical assumptions.
Imperial Encounters
The Politics of Representation in North-South Relations
Offers a fresh perspective on power relationships in global politics.
Beyond Sovereign Territory
The Space of Ecopolitics
An ecological critique of political thought that insists on the centrality of ethics.
Sovereigns, Quasi Sovereigns, and Africans
Race and Self-Determination in International Law
Examines the relationship between international law and decolonization in Africa.
