Border walls : security and the war on terror in the United States, India and Israel / Reece Jones.

By:

Jones, Reece [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Zed Books, c2012.Description: 210 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781848138230
1848138237
9781848138247
1848138245

Other title:

Security and the war on terror in the United States, India and Israel

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.12

Contents:

Introduction: fortress democracy -- Borders, barriers, and the war on terror -- Securing the 'homeland' in the United States -- Border fencing and the global war on terror in India -- 'Arafat is our bin Laden' : territory and terrorism in Israel and Palestine -- Building up, rippling out : enforcement practices at the US-Mexican border -- The agents of exception in the Indian borderlands -- The practices of insecurity : the barrier in the West Bank -- The enduring significance of borders.

Summary: "Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are leading democracies like the United States, India, and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders? Despite predictions of a borderless world through globalization, these three countries alone have built an astonishing combined total of 5,700 kilometers of security barriers. In this groundbreaking work, Reece Jones analyzes how these controversial border security projects were justified in their respective countries, what consequences these physical barriers have on the lives of those living in these newly securitized spaces, and what long-term effects the hardening of political borders will have in these societies and globally. Border Walls is a bold, important intervention that demonstrates that the exclusion and violence necessary to secure the borders of the modern state often undermine the very ideals of freedom and democracy they are meant to protect." -- Back cover.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	320.12 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011088		Dimitriadi, Angeliki

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-203) and index.

"Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are leading democracies like the United States, India, and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders? Despite predictions of a borderless world through globalization, these three countries alone have built an astonishing combined total of 5,700 kilometers of security barriers. In this groundbreaking work, Reece Jones analyzes how these controversial border security projects were justified in their respective countries, what consequences these physical barriers have on the lives of those living in these newly securitized spaces, and what long-term effects the hardening of political borders will have in these societies and globally. Border Walls is a bold, important intervention that demonstrates that the exclusion and violence necessary to secure the borders of the modern state often undermine the very ideals of freedom and democracy they are meant to protect." -- Back cover.