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Anthropology of security : perspectives from the frontline of policing, counter-terrorism and border control /
In a post-Cold War world of political unease and economic crisis, processes of securitisation are transforming nation-states, their citizens and non-citizens in profound ways. The book shows how contemporary Europe is now home to a vast security industry which uses biometric identification systems,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Anthropology, culture, and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. The Anthropology of Security: Prospects, Retrospects and Aims / Mark Maguire, Catarina Frois and Nils Zurawski
- 1. Sarkosy and Roma: Performaing Securitisation, Marion Demossier / Marion Demossier
- 2. Video-surveillance and the Political Use of Discretionary Power in the Name of Security and Defence / Catarina Frois
- 3. Location, Isolation and Disempowerment: The Swift Proliferation of Security discourse among Policy Professionals / Greg Feldman.
- 4. Compensating (In)Security: Anthropological Perspectives on Internal Security / Alexandra Schwell
- 5. Petty States of Exception: The Contemporary Policing of the Urban Poor
- 6. Counter-terrorism in European Airports / Mark Maguire
- 7. Whose Security? The Deporation of Foreign-national Offenders from the UK / Ines Hasselberg 8. Grey Zones of Illegality: Inhuman Conditions in Receiving Irregular Migrants in Greece / Jutta Lauth Bacas
- Conclusions / Mark Maguire, Catarina Frois and Nils Zurawski
- Afterward. Security: Encounters, Misunderstanding and Possible Collaborations / Didier Bigo.