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The Reinvention of the Border in the 21st Century

By Steffen Mau

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Steffen Mau challenges the belief that globalization is making nation-state borders more porous. Instead, he argues that borders have become sophisticated sorting machines, enhanced by digital technology into smart borders that control movement on a vast scale. This transformation simultaneously enables mobility for a privileged few while firmly restricting the majority, illustrating the dual nature of 21st-century globalisation.
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Sorting Machines is ideal for readers interested in politics, globalisation, immigration policy, and contemporary social issues, as well as students and scholars in political science and sociology.

"A highly original account of how borders between states are changing today"-- Provided by publisher.

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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 scale. Mau illustrates how the new sorting machines create mobility and immobility at the same time: for some travellers, borders open readily, but for others they are closed more firmly than ever.

While a small circle of privileged people can travel almost anywhere today, the vast majority of the world’s population continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus nature of globalisation more evident than at the borders of the 21st century.

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Lea Ypi from the London School of Economics and Political Science praises the book as "elegantly written and sharply argued," highlighting its exploration of selective citizenship, algorithmic governance, and securitisation of mobility, revealing how freedom of movement favours wealthy elites. Claus Offe of the Hertie School of Governance calls it a "timely and highly readable book" that offers important insights into how states use borders to organise hierarchies in migration, labour, and politics. The European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology describes it as "compelling and eminently readable."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509554355

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Contributors:

Translated by Nicola Barfoot
Translated by Nicola Barfoot

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 174

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About the Author

Steffen Mau is Professor of Macrosociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

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