Book Review: Beyond ambivalence and certitude

Van Houte (2020), for example, uncovered significant differences among European state policies and in their underlying interests and capacities. A better developed macrolevel perspective would have enabled Aliverti to situate her ethnographic findings within this landscape, and tease out not only the universal aspects of border policing, but also its national uniqueness and particularities. This should not be seen as a detraction from the overall quality of the book, but rather an invitation to further discussion, one which is already under way.