Historical Social Research 46 (2021), 3

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Historical Social Research 46 (2021), 3
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Borders as Places of Control

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Special Issue – Borders as Places of Control. Fixing, Shifting, and Reinventing State Borders (eds. Fabian Gülzau, Steffen Mau & Kristina Korte)

In summer 1987, the U.S. president, Ronald Reagan, visited West Berlin and gave a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, addressing the leader of the Soviet Union: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Two years later, as a result of the peaceful uprising of people in the former GDR, the Berlin Wall, a monument of division and block confrontation, came to the end of its existence. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread illusion that hard borders could become more porous and ultimately lose their significance. At the same time, the trend of globalization was unfolding, with an unprecedented increase in cross-border mobility and transactions. Moreover, technological developments and innovation have ultimately facilitated the view that connectedness is one of the signs of our era, leading to statements such as “the world is flat.” However, borders have proved to be resilient institutions, as states have adapted and reinvented border controls in several ways. First, states have responded to new challenges by hardening their territorial boundaries through border fortifications. Second, governments have shifted border control to third countries by using tools such as visa policies or readmission agreements. Third, nation states have designed “smart borders” through biometric passports, shared databases, and digital surveillance technologies. Lastly, de-facto borders show that clearly delimited boundaries can be attractive to countries, even in regions with limited statehood. Our special issue traces these transformations and reveals how states are digitizing, reinforcing, and externalizing border controls in response to new challenges.

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Fabian Gülzau, Steffen Mau & Kristina Korte
Borders as Places of Control. Fixing, Shifting and Reinventing State Borders. An Introduction.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.7-22

Fabian Gülzau & Steffen Mau
Walls, Barriers, Checkpoints, Landmarks, and “No-Man’s-Land.” A Quantitative Typology of Border Control Infrastructure.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.23-48

Kristina Korte
Filtering or Blocking Mobility? Inequalities, Marginalization, and Power Relations at Fortified Borders
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.49-77

Lena Laube
Diplomatic Side-Effects of the EU’s Externalization of Border Control and the Emerging Role of “Transit States” in Migration Diplomacy.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.78-105

Ruben Zaiotti & Nafisa A. Abdulhamid
Inside Out and Outside In: COVID-19 and the Reconfiguration of Europe’s External Border Controls.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.106-123

Ayelet Shachar & Aaqib Mahmood
The Body as the Border: A New Era.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.124-150

Nina Amelung
“Crimmigration Control” across Borders: The Convergence of Migration and Crime Control through Transnational Biometric Databases.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.151-177

Vladimir Kolosov & Maria Zotova
“De-Facto Borders” as a Mirror of Sovereignty. The Case of the Post-Soviet Non-Recognized States.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.178-207

Sabine von Löwis & Gwendolyn Sasse
A Border Regime in the Making? The Case of the Contact Line in Ukraine.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.208-244

MIXED ISSUE
Saskia Wilhelmy, Rebecca Ulrich & Dominik Groß
Just two Sides of the Same Coin? Ethical Issues and Discourses on COVID-19 and Ebola. A Comparative Literature Analysis.
https://dx.doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.3.247-284

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