Download or read book Liberal States and the Freedom of Movement written by Steffen Mau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and show how borders have become ever more selective.