Besieged Polities...

Introduction to the study of transnational security apparatuses and politically sensitive forms of mobility, with a focus on borders, their political significance, and those who monitor, cross and challenge them. Discussion includes recent monographs published in the fields of critical security studies, critical border studies, and new mobilities. Also studies these works in conversation with more traditional approaches in the field (notably realist, constructivist and neo-functionalist) that they aim to problematize. In addition, students reflect on the tools provided by different disciplinary approaches (international relations, cultural anthropology, critical theory, history) to think about these issues.