Border Walls - Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel (Hardcover, New)

*** Winner of the 2013 Julian Minghi Outstanding Research Award presented at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting *** Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are leading democracies like the United States, 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 an astonishing total of 5,700 kilometers of security barriers. In this groundbreaking work, Reece Jones analyzes how these controversial border security projects were justified in their respective countries, what consequences these physical barriers have on the lives of those living in these newly securitized spaces, and what long-term effects the hardening of political borders will have in these societies and globally. Border Walls is a bold, important intervention that demonstrates that the exclusion and violence necessary to secure the borders of the modern state often undermine the very ideals of freedom and democracy the barriers are meant to protect.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	August 2012
Authors:	Reece Jones
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	224
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84813-824-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions
LSN:	1-84813-824-5
Barcode:	9781848138247

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