Frontiers of fear : immigration and insecurity in the United States and Europe / Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chebel d'Appollonia, Ariane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security--United States.

Border security.

Border security--Europe.

National security--United States.

National security.

National security--Europe.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On both sides of the Atlantic, restrictive immigration policies have been framed as security imperatives since the 1990's. This trend accelerated in the aftermath of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks in Europe. In Frontiers of Fear, Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia raises two central questions with profound consequences for national security and immigration policy: First, does the securitization of immigration issues actually contribute to the enhancement of internal security? Second, does the use of counterterrorist measures address such immigration issues as the increasing number of illegal immigrants, the resilience of ethnic tensions, and the emergence of homegrown radicalization? Chebel d'Appollonia questions the main assumptions that inform political agendas in the United States and throughout Europe, analyzing implementation and evaluating the effectiveness of policies in terms of their stated objectives. She argues that the new security-based immigration regime has proven ineffective in achieving its prescribed goals and even aggravated the problems it was supposed to solve: A security/insecurity cycle has been created that results in less security and less democracy. The excesses of securitization have harmed both immigration and counterterrorist policies and seriously damaged the delicate balance between security and respect for civil liberties.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Immigration-Security Nexus

Part I. The Framing of Immigration as a Security Issue

Introduction

1. Newcomers, Old Threats, and Current Concerns

2. Securitization before 9/11

3. Securitization after 9/11

Part II. The Dynamics of Policy Failure

4. Border Escalation as a Policy Failure

5. The Security/Insecurity Spiral

6. Radicalization in the West

Part III. Why Do Failed Policies Persist?

7. Emigration, Development, and (In)security

8. Immigration, Economic Interests, and Politics

Conclusion: Threats to Western Democracy

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780801464386

0801464382

9781322504902

1322504903

9780801463914

0801463912

OCLC:

786129818