Border Encounters: Asymmetry and Proximity at Europe's Frontiers

By William Kavanagh

Book Overview

Investigates border encounters from a local, ground-up perspective. Uses anthropological case studies from European borderlands to explain the changing interactions and social relationships between people at a political frontier. Contextualizes the key terms of 'proximity' and 'asymmetry' with regard to the specific European framework of border encounters and the processes of EU enlargement in the past decade.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785332198
• ISBN13: 9781785332197
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"