Borders, paradox and power

Bibliographic Data

ID2147663
AuthorsY Papadakis (0000-0001-5385-2424, University of Cyprus, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume41
Issue2
Pages285-302
Publication date2018-01-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2017.1344720
OpenAlexW2738395365
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited37

Border studies have grappled with, on the one hand, the need for the use of common themes or concepts while, on the other, the need for contextual specificity. Borders are sites that embody different potentialities: division and contact, conflict and cooperation, security and anxiety, creativity and oppression, among others. In short, they are sites of the paradoxical. Paradox, it is argued, is the common overarching conceptual characteristic of borders but which specific potentialities are embodied in a border and what prevails as a result of the ensuing power struggles requires contextual specificity. Cyprus, a divided island lying on various border lines, partly inside and partly outside the EU, presents a useful socio-political space in order to illustrate this argument by outlining the specific paradoxical aspects of its own border and the results of the ensuing power struggles

Argument (complex analysis · Common ground · Creativity · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Oppression · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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