By: Reece Jones

Hardcover

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Since the turn of the new millennium, and despite predictions of an increasingly borderless world through the process of globalization, the United States, Israel, and India have built an astonishing combined total of 5700 kilometers of fences and security barriers across their political borders. For comparison, if strung together these fences would stretch all the way from New York to Los Angeles, with enough left over to build another fence from Frankfurt to Istanbul. Reece Jones analyzes how these previously controversial border security projects were justified in their respective countries, the consequences of these physical barriers on the lives of those living in these newly securitized spaces, and what long-term effects the process of closing political borders will have in these societies. Border Walls is a bold, important intervention that demonstrates the notions of freedom that define these modern democracies are being increasingly undermined by the exclusion and violence deemed necessary to secure the borders of the state.

Chapter 1: Introduction - The globalizing war on terror Part I: Geopolitical Boundary Narratives and Border Fencing Chapter 2: Immigration and security at the US-Mexico border after 11 September Chapter 3: 'Arafat is our bin Laden': Terrorism and territory in Israel and Palestine Chapter 4: Violent and unpredictable: Reimaging Bangladesh as a haven for Terrorists Part II: Everyday Life in a Securitized Space Chapter 5: Fences and Neighbors in El Paso and Ciudad Jaurez Chapter 6: Enclosed: Living with the wall in the West Bank Chapter 7: Agents of exception: Border Security Forces and the marginalization of Muslims in India Chapter 8: Conclusions - The bordered world of the sovereign state

ISBN: 9781848138247
ISBN-10: 1848138245
Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 15th August 2012
Publisher: ZED BOOKS LTD
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.8  x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.363