Border Security

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"What kind of a world is one in which border security is understood as necessary? How is this transforming the shores of politics? And why does this seem to preclude a horizon of political justice for those affected? [This book] responds to these questions through an interdisciplinary exploration of border security, politics and justice. Drawing empirically on the now notorious case of Australia, the book pursues a range of theoretical perspectives - including Foucault's work on power, the systems theory of Niklas Luhmann and the cybernetic ethics of Heinz Von Foerster - in order to formulate an account of the thoroughly constructed and political nature of border security. Through this detailed and critical engagement, the book's analysis elicits a political alternative to border security from within its own logic: thus signaling at least the beginnings of a way out of the cost, cruelty and devaluation of life that characterises the enforced reality of the world of border security."--

subjects: Emigration and immigration,  Border security,  Noncitizens,  Government policy,  Illegal immigration,  Sécurité frontalière,  Aspect moral,  Immigration clandestine,  Politique gouvernementale,  BUSINESS & ECONOMICS,  Infrastructure,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  General,  Illegal aliens,  Moral and ethical aspects,  Aliens,  Grenzschutz,  Illegale Einwanderung,  Sécurité des frontières,  Immigrés clandestins