Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel
Autor Reece Jonesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 iul 2012
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 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 the barriers are meant to protect.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781848138230
ISBN-10: 1848138237
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: maps
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1848138237
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: maps
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction: Fortress Democracy
1. Borders, Barriers, and the War on Terror
2. Securing the 'Homeland' in the United States
3. Border Fencing and the Global War on Terror in India
4. 'Arafat is our bin Laden': Territory and Terrorism in Israel and Palestine
5. Building Up, Rippling Out: Enforcement Practices at the US-Mexican Border
6. The Agents of Exception in the Indian Borderlands
7. The practices of Insecurity: The Barrier in the West Bank
8. The Enduring Significance of Borders
Appendix: Methodology and Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1. Borders, Barriers, and the War on Terror
2. Securing the 'Homeland' in the United States
3. Border Fencing and the Global War on Terror in India
4. 'Arafat is our bin Laden': Territory and Terrorism in Israel and Palestine
5. Building Up, Rippling Out: Enforcement Practices at the US-Mexican Border
6. The Agents of Exception in the Indian Borderlands
7. The practices of Insecurity: The Barrier in the West Bank
8. The Enduring Significance of Borders
Appendix: Methodology and Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
At a time when many commentators are preoccupied by forces undermining the power and authority of the territorial state, Border Walls serves as an important reminder that the modernist political-territorial order still matters. Reece Jones convincingly shows that the border security arrangements of the past decade are likely to be among the most enduring consequences of the global "war on terror" - not just for how people move around and use space, but for how they think about the political geographic organization of the planet.
In a compelling analysis of the political agendas, identity politics, and growing civil militarization underlying the construction of barriers between neighboring countries and peoples, Reece Jones makes a significant contribution to the emerging but vital field of securitization studies.
Reece Jones provides an incisive and lucid examination of why wall-like barriers have become the tool of choice of so many countries along their geographical perimeters in the post-9-11 era. In doing so, he compellingly demonstrates not only how boundaries are produced, but also how they shape those within, and the relations with peoples and places beyond, in worrisome ways. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated, and highly accessible, Border Walls is an important and valuable book.
Reece Jones's Border Walls links the paranoid narratives of terror and security emanating from the great democracies: the United States, India, and Israel. Rather than see the border walls that strangle these countries into delusions of security, these walls are frameworks to thwart the widest aspirations for human freedom. Like graffiti on the border walls, Jones's book tries to bring sunlight into the darkness of these states.
In a compelling analysis of the political agendas, identity politics, and growing civil militarization underlying the construction of barriers between neighboring countries and peoples, Reece Jones makes a significant contribution to the emerging but vital field of securitization studies.
Reece Jones provides an incisive and lucid examination of why wall-like barriers have become the tool of choice of so many countries along their geographical perimeters in the post-9-11 era. In doing so, he compellingly demonstrates not only how boundaries are produced, but also how they shape those within, and the relations with peoples and places beyond, in worrisome ways. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated, and highly accessible, Border Walls is an important and valuable book.
Reece Jones's Border Walls links the paranoid narratives of terror and security emanating from the great democracies: the United States, India, and Israel. Rather than see the border walls that strangle these countries into delusions of security, these walls are frameworks to thwart the widest aspirations for human freedom. Like graffiti on the border walls, Jones's book tries to bring sunlight into the darkness of these states.