Frontiers of Fear : Immigration and Insecurity in the United States /

On both sides of the Atlantic, restrictive immigration policies have been framed as security imperatives since the 1990s. This trend accelerated in the aftermath of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks in Europe. In Frontiers of Fear, Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia raises two central questions wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chebel d'Appollonia, Ariane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National security.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Border security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Securite frontaliere > Europe.
Securite frontaliere > États-Unis.
National security > Europe.
National security > United States.
Border security > Europe.
Border security > United States.
United States.
Europe.
Europe > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
Europe > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The immigration-security nexus
  • part 1. The framing of immigration as a security issue. Newcomers, old threats, and current concerns ; Securitization before 9/11 ; Securitization after 9/11
  • part 2. The dynamics of policy failure. Border escalation as a policy failure ; The security/insecurity spiral ; Radicalization in the West
  • part 3. Why do failed policies persist? Emigration, development, and (in)security ; Immigration, economic interests, and politics
  • Conclusion: Threats to Western democracy.

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