As restrictions on trade, capital, and technology flows come down, border control agencies have often become the fastest growing branches of Western governments. The Wall Around the West tackles head-on the central issue of how to reconcile the conflicting demands of economic growth and social coherence in the context of declining birth rates and immigration pressures. This book provides a penetrating analysis of the basic dilemma confronting Western societies.

Samuel Huntington, Harvard University

The Berlin Wall may have fallen, but the European Union and the United States have built new walls at their borders to keep out migrants from without. This book admirably combines a comparative approach to both international migration processes and the attempts of states to control and prevent such migrations. With subtlety and historical depth, the authors analyze Latin American, Caribbean, and Eastern European migrations as well as U.S. and European Union migrant deterrence and control policies.

Jorge I. Dominguez, director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University

An important and probing scholarly investigation into one of the most important issues of our time.

Timothy Garton Ash, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford

This volume is highly recommendable. The volume makes inspiring reading by virtue of its deliberate challenge to radical postmodern theory about the future of the state and its meticulous documentation.....

International Affairs

Highly recommended for courses focusing on immigration, globalisation, and international relations.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Peter Andreas and Timothy Snyder have put together an excellent book. The essays in this volume offer a critique of the growing literature on globalization, reminding us that, in spite of trendy arguments about the de-territorialization of the state, borders still matter.

James F. Hollifield, Southern Methodist University