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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779104103321

Autore

Jones Reece

Titolo

Border walls : security and the war on terror in the United States, India and Israel / / Reece Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21873-1

1-84813-826-1

1-280-88556-4

9786613726872

1-84813-825-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages) : maps

Disciplina

320.12

Soggetti

Boundaries

International relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.