Perspectives of Open Borders and No Border

With globalization, the flows of goods, capital, and information across international borders have liberalized. However, the mobility of people across these same borders is still highly controlled. In fact, borders remain a main source not only of labour inefficiencies, but also of human suffering and injustices. These circumstances have prompted scholars to call for open borders for people and for no border. In this article, I review the various philosophical and empirical perspectives based on which scholars have argued for open borders and no border. These perspectives include liberal political‐theory, market‐economy, political‐economy, and other perspectives. In addition, I discuss the relationships between these perspectives, the role of recent border scholarship in open‐borders and no‐border debates, and the importance of the open‐borders and no‐border concepts as critiques of current border policies and practices.