Medicalising borders : selection, containment and quarantine since 1800 /
Foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of bio-political power t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Manchester [UK] :
Manchester University Press,
2021.
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Colección: | Rethinking borders (Manchester, England)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of bio-political power techniques that originate in European modernity. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9781526154651 152615465X 9781526154675 1526154676 |