Peter Andreas is assistant professor of political science at Reed College. He was formerly an academy scholar at Harvard University. Timothy Snyder is an academy scholar at Harvard University.

• Part 1 Historical and Comparative PerspectivesChapter 2 The Wall after the WallChapter 3 The Transformation of Border Controls: A European Precedent?Chapter 4 States and the Regulation of Migration in the Twentieth Century North Atlantic WorldChapter 5 Comparative Perspectives on Migration Control: Away from the Border and Outside the StatePart 6 US Border ControlsChapter 7 The Political Costs of State Power: Border Control in South FloridaChapter 8 The Remaking of the California-Mexico Boundary in the Age of NAFTAChapter The Logic a 9 The Logic and Contradictions of Intensified Border Enforcement in TexasChapter 10 US Border Controls: A Mexican PerspectivePart 11 European Border ControlsChapter 12 Gatekeeper for the EU: The Predicament of Eastern EuropeChapter 13 Rio Odra, Rio Buh: Poland, Germany, and the Borders of Twenty-First Century EuropeChapter 14 Border Controls and the Politics of EU EnlargementChapter 15 The Mobility Money Can Buy: Human Smuggling and Border Control in the European UnionChapter 16 The Wall around the WestChapter 17

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.