Format:
210 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781848138230
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9781848138247
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9781848138254
Content:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Content:
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are the notable democracies of the US, 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 security barriers totaling an astonishing 5,700 km. Border Walls analyzes how these controversial walls were justified, their impact on those living behind them, and the long-term effects of the hardening of political boundaries
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About the author; Tables and maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Fortress Democracy; 1 | Borders, Barriers, and the War on Terror; Globalization and borders; The global war on terror; The changing purpose of borders; Table 1.1 Barriers initiated or substantially fortified since 2000; Table 1.1 Barriers initiated or substantially fortified since 2000; Ungoverned space and uncivilized people; Defining state subjects and territory; Borders and exceptional enforcement practices; Conclusion; 2 | Securing the 'Homeland' in the United States; Introduction
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History of the US-Mexico borderChanging narratives after 9/11; Representations of Mexico and the American homeland; The Secure Fence Act of 2006; Map 2.1 US-Mexico border; Map 2.1 US-Mexico border; Conclusion; 3 | Border Fencing and the Global War on Terror in India; Introduction: order in the nation; The state of security in India; Pre-modernizing Bangladesh; Map 3.1 Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal; Map 3.1 Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal; Boundary narratives at the border; Conclusion
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4 | 'Arafat is our bin Laden': Territory and Terrorism in Israel and PalestineIntroduction; Imagining state spaces; Map 4.1 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine and 1949 armistice boundaries(Green Line); Map 4.1 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine and 1949 armistice boundaries(Green Line); Enclosing a Jewish space …; Map 4.2 The West Bank; Map 4.2 The West Bank; … with an iron wall; Terrorism is terrorism. Period; Building the barrier; Conclusion; 5 | Building Up, Rippling Out: Enforcement Practices at the US-Mexican Border; Introduction: commutations; Dividing El Paso and Juárez
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Vision and the other across the borderCreeping exception; Shifting not stopping movement; Who profits? Who is harmed?; Conclusion; 6 | The Agents of Exception in the Indian Borderlands; Introduction; Securitizing the Bengal borderlands; The agents of exception; Muslim borderland residents; Conclusion; 7 | The Practices of Insecurity: The Barrier in the West Bank; Introduction; Colonization, occupation, and separation; Ungoverned spaces; Map 7.1 East Jerusalem/al-Quds; Map 7.1 EastJerusalem/al-Quds; Dehumanized people; Map 7.2 North Bethlehem; Map 7.2 North Bethlehem
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Consequences of the barrier: insecurity and empty spaceConclusion: the faceless enemy; 8 | The Enduring Significance of Borders; Introduction: do barriers matter?; Security, governance, and the state; Borders as performative sites; Appendix: Methodology and Methods; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Zed Books;
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Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848138230
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Border Walls : Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel
Language:
English
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