Steffen Mau

It is commonly thought that, thanks to globalisation, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Sorting Machines by Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalisation, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Today's political debates are fiercely polarised. But looking beyond the headlines, Trigger Points shows that ordinary citizens hold much more nuanced, less divided views. Drawing on rich survey data and group discussions, this work maps four major areas of conflict: migration, climate change, diversity and economic justice. Across these conflicts, most citizens take...