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Violent borders : refugees and the right to move / Reece Jones.
Author
Jones, Reece
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Verso, 2016.
©2016
Description
ix, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JV6225 .J66 2016
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Emigration and immigration
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Social aspects
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Emigration and immigration
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Government policy
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Border security
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Social aspects
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Freedom of movement
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Refugees
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Summary note
Forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores of Europe only accounting for half of the grisly total. 00In 'Violent Borders', Reece Jones argues that these deaths are not exceptional, but rather the result of state attempts to contain populations and control access to resources and opportunities. 'We may live in an era of globalization,' he writes, 'but much of the world is increasingly focused on limiting the free movement of people.' In 'Violent Borders', Jones travels the border regions of the world, documenting the billions of dollars spent on border security projects, and their dire consequences for the majority of the people in the world. While the poor are restricted by the lottery of birth to slums and the aftershocks of decolonization, the wealthy travel freely, exploiting pools of cheap labour and lax environmental regulations. With the growth of borders and resource enclosures, argues Jones, the deaths of migrants in search of a better life are intimately connected to climate change, the growth of slums, and the persistence of global wealth inequality.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-209) and index.
Contents
Introduction
The European Union : the world's deadliest border
The US-Mexico border : rise of a militarized zone
The global border regime
The global poor
Maps, hedges, and fences : enclosing the commons and bounding the seas
Bounding wages, goods, and workers
Borders, climate change, and the environment
Conclusion: Movement as a political act.
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ISBN
9781784784713 ((HB))
1784784710 ((HB))
9781786631831 ((EXPORT))
1786631830 ((EXPORT))
LCCN
2016019159
OCLC
953363654
Other standard number
40026527208
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