The significance of borders why representative government and the rule of law require nation states amazonde baudet thierry fremdsprachige bucher. The significance of borders does much more than articulate why supra nationalism and multi culturalism are dead ends he argues from first principles so that the reader is clear not only that these aspirations dont work but also that they cant work. Baudet the significance of borders 2012 buch 9789004228085 bucher schnell und portofrei. Borders work two ways and while they grant the nation state exclusive jurisdiction they also limit the nation states claims to the designated territory supranationalism and multiculturalism undermine the idea of exclusive territorial jurisdiction supranationalism grants institutions the power to break through national borders and to overrule the nation states territorial arrangements in this way borders become increasingly porous multiculturalism meanwhile not only . This book examines the enduring significance of borders in southern africa covering encounters between people ideas and matter and the new spatialities and transformations they generate in their historical social economic and cultural contexts situated within debates on borders borderlands sub and regional integration this volume examines local grassroots and non state actors and