{"product_id":"freedom-of-the-border-hardback-9781509540907","title":"Freedom of the Border (Hardback) 9781509540907","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFreedom of the Border\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Scheffer (Author), Liz Waters (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509540907, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paul Scheffer is one of Europe’s most important thinkers and after Immigrant Nations it is a blessing to have another of his books in English translation. He excavates the tension between openness and identity with subtly and humanity. He explores, like few others, the light and shade of our more fragmented and diverse societies: the mingling and enrichment alongside the alienation and inequality. Above all, he recognises that embracing the benign necessity of borders is the best way of preventing them becoming walls and thus preserving our open societies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Goodhart, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“You don’t have to agree with everything Paul Scheffer says to admire the way he says it. His book is fair-minded, probing, important, enlightening, and stylish. His arguments should be taken seriously by anyone interested in the problems of today’s troubled world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Buruma, writer and professor at Bard College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are few issues more contentious today than the nature and purpose of borders. Migration flows and the refugee crisis have propelled the issue of borders into the centre of political debate and revealed our moral unease more clearly than ever. Who are we to deny others access to our territory? Is not freedom of movement a basic human right, one that should be defended above all others?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book Paul Scheffer takes a different view. Rather than thinking of borders as obstacles to freedom, he argues that borders make freedom possible. Democracy and redistributive justice are only possible with the regulation of access to territories and rights. When liberals ignore an open society’s need for borders, people with authoritarian inclinations will begin to erect them. In the context of Europe, the project of removing internal borders can therefore only be successful if Europe accepts responsibility for its external border.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely and important book challenges conventional ways of thinking and will be of interest to everyone concerned with the great social and political issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTable of contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Exploring boundaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I. The value of proximity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Discovery of the world citizen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tartars in the suburbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The revenge of geography \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The digital shadow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e II. An age of migration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The citizenship bonus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The exodus and our conscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The critical limits reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The return of the caliphate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e III. The state of Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the Pax Americana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A hidden vitality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Scenarios for the Union\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A compulsion to grand politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441803653400,"sku":"9781509540907","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509540907.jpg?v=1785026122","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/freedom-of-the-border-hardback-9781509540907","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}