Canada's Fluid Borders: Trade, Investment, Travel, Migration

Product Description
Crossing borders involves much more than going through checkpoints. By drawing on an innovative transdisciplinary reconceptualization of the border as elastic or “fluid,” Canada’s Fluid Borders offers fresh interpretations of the major geopolitical and socioeconomic issues which require the immediate attention of Canadian policymakers.
Book Description
Crossing borders involves much more than going through checkpoints. By drawing on an innovative transdisciplinary reconceptualization of the border as elastic or fluid, Canada’s Fluid Borders offers fresh interpretations of the major geopolitical and socioeconomic issues that require the immediate attention of Canadian policymakers.
About the Author
Geoffrey Hale est professeur au Département de science politique de l'Université Lethbridge. Après ses études de baccalauréat à l'Université Princeton, il a poursuivi des études de deuxième et de troisième cycles à l'Université Western Ontario.
Greg Anderson est professeur au Département de science politique de l'Université de l'Alberta. Détenteur d'un diplôme de maîtrise en histoire américaine à l'Université de l'Alberta, il a complété son doctorat à l'Université John Hopkins.
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''Popular understanding may conceive of borders as formal boundaries separating the territories of different countries – or perhaps the administrative locations ("ports of entry") at which individuals or goods pass from the territory of one country to another. However, the continuing growth and diversification of trade, investment, travel, and various forms of migration increase the importance and interaction of bordering processes which define, structure, and regulate the rights and responsibilities of states towards one another, their respective citizens and residents (including businesses) across national and sometimes sub-national boundaries.''