02661oam 2200481zu 450 991046231360332120210721055515.01-84964-717-8(CKB)2670000000256825(SSID)ssj0000779957(PQKBManifestationID)11459852(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000779957(PQKBWorkID)10777451(PQKB)11515010(MiAaPQ)EBC3386679(EXLCZ)99267000000025682520160829d2012 uy engtxtccrBorder Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control[Place of publication not identified]Pluto Press2012Anthropology, culture and society Border watchBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2723-0 Introduction : going inside -- Visual practice and the secure regime -- Being there : social life in the centre -- Compliance and defiance : contesting the regime -- Drawing the line : discretion and power -- Ethics and encounters -- Conclusion.Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants? In this bold intervention, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centres offer a window onto society's broader attitudes towards immigrants. Despite periodic media scandals, remarkably little has been written about the everyday workings of this system, or about the people responsible for setting immigration policy. Detention, particularly, is a hidden side of border politics, despite its growing international importance as a tool of control and security. This book also looks at the social life and the relationships between officers and immigrants to explore broad social trends, as well as resistance within the system, and provides rare insights into the treatment of the 'other'.Immigration enforcementGreat BritainPolitical ScienceHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCImmigration & EmigrationHILCCImmigration enforcementPolitical ScienceLaw, Politics & GovernmentImmigration & Emigration353.4840941Hall Alexandra(Lecturer in political science),953912PQKBBOOK9910462313603321Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control2181425UNINA