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100 1 0 _aBallif, Florine
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700 1 0 _a Rosière, Stéphane
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245 0 0 _aThe Challenge of “Teichopolitics”: Analyzing Contemporary Border Closures
260 _c2009.
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520 _aCommon sense would suggest that globalisation signifies the end of walls. In fact, new systems of fenced boundaries are being built all over the world, and walls are even proliferating within cities. This paper seeks to analyse 'teichopolitics' - a new word derived from Ancient Greek teichos meaning 'city wall' - i.e. the politics of building walls. Security issues seem to be an obvious factor, but economic aspects are also important. Building walls is a source of profit for the security and construction industries. Developers and large companies, as well as governments and individuals, therefore have their own strategies that are contributing to the proliferation of barriers.
690 _aboundary
690 _agated community
690 _awall
690 _adeveloper
690 _abarrier
690 _ateichopolitic
690 _aglobalisation
786 0 _nL’Espace géographique | 38 | 3 | 2009-09-11 | p. 193-206 | 0046-2497
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-espace-geographique-2009-3-page-193?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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