Walled States, Waning Sovereignty

Name: Walled States, Waning Sovereignty
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ISBN: 9781935408093

ISBN-10: 1935408097

ISBN-13: 9781935408093

Edition: 2014

Authors: Wendy Brown

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Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations ofglobal connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades builtof concrete, steel, and barbed wire when threats to the nation today are so often miniaturized,vaporous, clandestine, dispersed, or networked? In Walled States, WaningSovereignty, Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to theerosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories ofstate sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid itsdecline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy and…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: 2/7/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English