03184oam 2200673I 450 991045898050332120200520144314.01-135-16140-21-282-57147-897866125714730-203-85804-210.4324/9780203858042 (CKB)2670000000009353(EBL)484781(OCoLC)609856125(SSID)ssj0000365685(PQKBManifestationID)11279249(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365685(PQKBWorkID)10423066(PQKB)10209193(MiAaPQ)EBC484781(Au-PeEL)EBL484781(CaPaEBR)ebr10371583(CaONFJC)MIL257147(OCoLC)610201575(EXLCZ)99267000000000935320180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecurity, risk and the biometric state governing borders and bodies /Benjamin J. MullerLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (161 p.)PRIO New Security StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-67009-8 0-415-48440-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Security, Risk and the Biometric State: Governing borders and bodies; 2 Are You Who You Say You Are?: Biometrics and the management of borders and bodies; 3 Suspect(ing) Biometrics: Identity, security and national ID cards; 4 Catastrophe, Narrative and the Failure of Imagination; 5 Securing the Political Imagination: Popular culture, the security dispositif and the biometric state; 6 A North American Biometric State?; 7 Securitizing the Global Norm of Identity: Biometrics and homo sacer in FallujahConclusion - Borders, Bodies and Biometrics: The train has left the stationNotes; Bibliography; IndexThis book examines a series of questions associated with the increasing application and implications of biometrics in contemporary everyday life. In the wake of the events of 9/11, the reliance on increasingly sophisticated and invasive technologies across a burgeoning field of applications has accelerated, giving rise to the term 'biometric state'. This book explores how these 'virtual borders' are created and the effect they have upon the politics of citizenship and immigration, especially how they contribute to the treatment of citizens as suspects. Finally and most importaPRIO New Security StudiesBiometric identificationSecurity systemsElectronic books.Biometric identification.Security systems.363.285929.9Muller Benjamin.902182MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458980503321Security, risk and the biometric state2016709UNINA