Violent borders : refugees and the right to move / Reece Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Reece, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Border security--Social aspects.

Border security.

Freedom of movement--Social aspects.

Freedom of movement.

Refugees--Government policy.

Refugees.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Verso, 2016.

Summary:

Forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores of Europe only accounting for half of the grisly total. 00In 'Violent Borders', Reece Jones argues that these deaths are not exceptional, but rather the result of state attempts to contain populations and control access to resources and opportunities. 'We may live in an era of globalization,' he writes, 'but much of the world is increasingly focused on limiting the free movement of people.' In 'Violent Borders', Jones travels the border regions of the world, documenting the billions of dollars spent on border security projects, and their dire consequences for the majority of the people in the world. While the poor are restricted by the lottery of birth to slums and the aftershocks of decolonization, the wealthy travel freely, exploiting pools of cheap labour and lax environmental regulations. With the growth of borders and resource enclosures, argues Jones, the deaths of migrants in search of a better life are intimately connected to climate change, the growth of slums, and the persistence of global wealth inequality.

Contents:

1 The European Union: The World's Deadliest Border 12

2 The US-Mexico Border: Rise of a Militarized Zone 29

3 The Global Border Regime 48

4 The Global Poor 70

5 Maps, Hedges, and Fences: Enclosing the Commons and Bounding the Seas 89

6 Bounding Wages, Goods, and Workers 119

7 Borders, Climate Change, and the Environment 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784784713

1784784710

9781786631831

1786631830

OCLC:

953363654