§16§This book explores non-state actors that are or have been migratory, crossing borders as a matter of practice and identity. Where non-state actors have received considerable attention amongst political scientists in recent years, those that predate the state-nomads-have not. States, however, tend to take nomads quite seriously both as a material and ideational threat. Through this volume, the authors rectify this by introducing nomads as a distinct topic of study. It examines why states treat nomads as a threat and it looks particularly at how nomads push back against state intrusions. Ultimately, this exciting volume introduces a new topic of study to IR theory and politics, presenting a detailed study of nomads as non-state actors. §04§1.Introduction: Nomad-State Relationships in International Relations.- 2.Nomads and States in Comparative Perspective.- 3.The Anti-Nomadic Bias of Political Theory.- 4.Before and After Borders: The Nomadic Challenge to Sovereign Territoriality.- 5.Standard of Civilization, Nomadism and Territoriality in Nineteenth Century International Society.- 6.Frontier Energetics: The Value of Pastoralist Border Crossings in Eastern Africa.- 7.Seeing the Nomads like a State: Sweden and the Sámi at the Turn of the Last Century.- 8.African Community-Based Conservancies: Innovative Governance for Whom?.- 9.In Limbo of Spatial Control, Rights and Recognitions: The Negev Bedouin and the State of Israel.- 10.Imperial Chinese Relations with Nomadic Groups.- 11.On Being Orang Suku Laut in the Malay World.- 12.From Gypsies to Romanies: Identity, Cultural Autonomy, Political Sovereignty and (the Search for a) Trans-territorial State.- 13.International Relations and Migration: Mobility as Norm rather tha §04§n Exception. §13§"A welcome addition to our understanding of nomadic peoples. ... an excellent volume that adds considerable new information and ideas for the further study of nomads. Nomad-State Relationships in International Relations will be of interest to a wide audience. Those interested in nomadic pastoralism will find new insights and others interested in history and the rise of nation states will find value in various chapters. Diplomats and policymakers in the field ... will also benefit from the ideas presented." (Daniel J. Miller, Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 26 (1), 2022) §02§Jamie Levin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
