Screen LibraryGlobalization and borders：death at the global frontier
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Transnational crime, crime control and security |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 248 pages: illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780230247345 (hardback) 0230247342 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | D523 |
| CLC: | D523.8 |
| Call Number: | D523.8/W374 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index. Introduction: Globalization and Borders. -- Part I: Border Autopsy: Examining Contemporary Borders. Charting the Global Frontier ; Counting and Discounting Border Deaths ; Accounting for Deaths at the Border. -- Part II: Border Inquest: Misadventure or Death by Policy?. Structural Violence ; Suspicious Deaths ; Suicide and Self-harm. -- Part III: From Finding Truth to Preventing Border Harm. The Ambiguous Architecture of Risk. -- Conclusion: Preventing Death by Sovereignty. "This book analyzesthe political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popular and official understandings of border-related fatalities."--Publisher's website. |