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Theorizing Borders: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Pages 633-649 | Published online: 01 Aug 2012

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  • A model is understood as a broad framework that is necessary for the understanding of borders, but does not suggest correlations between variables. A theory, on the contrary, provides correlations between variables and a hypothesis
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  • Ibid.; this is the general theme of this essay
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