Border Walls : Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel / .Reece Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Reece, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: fortress democracy

Borders, barriers, and the war on terror

Securing the 'homeland' in the United States

Border fencing and the global war on terror in India

'Arafat is our bin Laden' : territory and terrorism in Israel and Palestine

Building up, rippling out : enforcement practices at the US-Mexican border

The agents of exception in the Indian borderlands

The practices of insecurity : the barrier in the West Bank

The enduring significance of borders.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613726872

9781350218734

1350218731

9781848138261

1848138261

9781280885563

1280885564

9781848138254

1848138253

OCLC:

798530334