The anthropology of security : : perspectives from the frontline of policing, counter-terrorism and border control / / edited by Mark Maguire, Catarina Frois and Nils Zurawski.
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,...
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| Superior document: | Anthropology, culture and society |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Pluto Press,, 2014. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropology, culture, and society.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (434 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction - The anthropology of security: prospects, retrospects and aims / Mark Maguire, Catarina Frois and Nils Zurawski
- 1. Sarkozy and Roma: performing securitisation / Marian Demossier
- 2. Video-surveillance and the political use of discretionary power in the name of security and defence / Catarina Frois
- 3. Location, isolation and diempowerment: 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 / Didier Fassin
- 6. Counter-terrorism in European airports / Mark Maguire
- 7. Whose security? The deportation of foreign-national offenders from the UK / Ines Hasselberg
- 8. Grey zones of illegality: inhuman conditions in receiving irregular migrants in Greece / Jutta Lauth Baca
- Conclusions / Mark Maguire, Caterina Frois and Nils Zurawski
- Afterword - Security: encounters, misunderstanding and possible collaborations / Didier Bigo.