A non-Eurocentric, interdisciplinary collection arguing that boundaries and borders are best understood as overlapping categories. At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entities: the former a state's delimitation of territory; the latter the social delineation of differences. The refugee crisis in Europe showed how racial and ethnic boundaries are often instrumentalised to justify the strengthening of state borders - regardless of the cost in human life. But there are other, less tragic, examples that illustrate this overlapping as well, and ultimately demonstrate that the oft-differentiated spheres of borders and boundaries are best understood through their relationship to one another. Deepening Divides explores this relationship from many distinct perspectives and national contexts, with case studies covering five continents and drawing on anthropology, gender studies, law, political science and sociology for a truly interdisciplinary collection. About the Editor Didier Fassin is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books including The Will to Punish (2018), Life: A Critical Users Manual (2018), Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition (2016) and Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Connecting Borders and Boundaries - Didier FassinPART I: POLITICAL AND MORAL ECONOMIES2. What Money Can Buy: Citizenship by Investment on a Global Scale - Kristin Surak3. Monitoring International Labor Precarity: The State Management of Migrant Domestic Workers - Rhacel Parreñas4. When Migrants Claim Blood Kinship: Constructing Hierarchies of Human Worth - Ays¸e Parla5. Family Resemblances: Binational Marriage, Muslim “Communalism,” and the Patriarchal State - Mayanthi FernandoPART II: LEGAL DISBARRING6. An Earlier Ban: Chinese Exclusion and Plenary Power - Mae Ngai7. Manners of Exclusion: From the Asiatic Barred Zone to the Muslim Ban - Sherally Munshi8. Brave New Worlds: The Racial Regimes of the Americas - Michael Hanchard9. The Outlawed: Landscapes of Human Rights - Tugba BasaranPART III: CREATING SPACES10. Protection: Sanctuary and the Contested Ethics of Presence in the United States - Linda Bosniak11. Ruination and Rebuilding: The Precarious Place of a Border Town in Gaza - Ilana Feldman12. Symmetry and Affinity: Comparing Borders and Border-Making Processes in Africa - Paul NugentNotes on ContributorsIndex
