Frontiers of Fear : : Immigration and Insecurity in the United States / / Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 17 tables, 5 charts/graphs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Immigration-Security Nexus
- Part I. The Framing of Immigration as a Security Issue
- Introduction
- 1. Newcomers, Old Threats, and Current Concerns
- 2. Securitization before 9/11
- 3. Securitization after 9/11
- Part II. The Dynamics of Policy Failure
- Introduction
- 4. Border Escalation as a Policy Failure
- 5. The Security/Insecurity Spiral
- 6. Radicalization in the West
- Part III. Why Do Failed Policies Persist?
- Introduction
- 7. Emigration, Development, and (In)security
- 8. Immigration, Economic Interests, and Politics
- Conclusion: Threats to Western Democracy
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index