Placing the border in everyday life

Bordering no longer happens only at the borderline separating two sovereign states, but rather through a wide range of practices and decisions that occur in multiple locations within and beyond the state's territory.

Nevertheless, it is too simplistic to suggest that borders are everywhere, since this view fails to acknowledge that particular sites are significant nodes where border work is done.

Similarly, border work is more likely to be done by particular people than others.

This book investigates the diffusion of bordering narratives and practices by asking 'who borders and how?'.