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Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
出版Eliott and Thompson Limited, 2018
主題Political Science / GeneralPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & PatriotismPolitical Science / World / General
ISBN17839637439781783963744
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ReWFtAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"One of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine"

- Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard, on Prisoners of Geography



Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Over 6,000 miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past ten years, and they are redefining our political landscape.



There are many reasons why walls go up, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the divisions of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall runs deeper than the need to control illegal immigration; it taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country during the course of this century.



Understanding what has divided us, past and present, is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today. In ten chapters covering The Great Divides; China; the USA; the UK; Europe; the Middle East; India and Bangladesh; Africa; The Spaces In Between; and The Bridges Across, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents an unflinching and essential overview of the faultlines that will shape our world for years to come.