02956nam 2200601Ia 450 991080973810332120200520144314.01-84964-717-8(CKB)2670000000256825(SSID)ssj0000779957(PQKBManifestationID)11459852(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000779957(PQKBWorkID)10777451(PQKB)11515010(MiAaPQ)EBC3386679(Au-PeEL)EBL3386679(CaPaEBR)ebr10603342(CaONFJC)MIL987275(OCoLC)813928913(EXLCZ)99267000000025682520120515d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBorder watch cultures of immigration, detention and control /Alexandra HallLondon Pluto Press2012vii, 199 pAnthropology, culture, and societyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2723-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-194) and index.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 BritainAlien detention centersGreat BritainNoncitizensGreat BritainIllegal immigrationGreat BritainEmigration and immigrationGovernment policyHistory21st centuryImmigration enforcementAlien detention centersNoncitizensIllegal immigration.353.4840941Hall Alexandra953912MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809738103321Border watch2837306UNINA