Revisiting, Reconciling and Recasting the Generalised Biopolitical Border: Seeking a Reconciled Multiperspectival Methodology for the Analysis of Concrete Textual Materials in the (Re)production of Sovereign Borders
This thesis is essentially a project in theory- and method-building. It engages the strengths of Vaughan-Williams’ alternative border imaginary under the name of the generalised biopolitical border (GBB) in accounting for the complexity of border phenomena in contemporary global politics. However, it identifies two major shortcomings related to Vaughan-Williams’ application of the GBB to various e