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The Anthropology of Security : Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-Terrorism and Border Control.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology, Culture and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783711635
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Anthropology of SecurityDDC classification:
  • 306.28
LOC classification:
  • UA10.5.A584 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Sarkosy and Roma: Performaing Securitisation, Marion Demossier -- 2. Video-surveillance and the Political Use of Discretionary Power in the Name of Security and Defence, Catarina Frois -- 3. Location, Isolation and Disempowerment: 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 Bacas -- Conclusions -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: A collection of anthropological studies which reveals the vast, overwhelming presence of security systems across modern Europe.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Sarkosy and Roma: Performaing Securitisation, Marion Demossier -- 2. Video-surveillance and the Political Use of Discretionary Power in the Name of Security and Defence, Catarina Frois -- 3. Location, Isolation and Disempowerment: 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 Bacas -- Conclusions -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.

A collection of anthropological studies which reveals the vast, overwhelming presence of security systems across modern Europe.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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