Pickering / Weber Borders, Mobility and Technologies of Control

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4899-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten

Reihe: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Territorial borders are taking on a new significance, the implications of which are relatively unexplored within the discipline of criminology. This book presents the first systematic attempt to develop a critical criminology of the border and offers a unique treatment of the impact of globalisation and mobility. It focuses on borders and the significance of the activities which take place on and around them. For many the border is an everyday reality, a space in which to live, a land necessary to cross. For states the border space increasingly requires protection and defence; is at the centre of state ideology and performance; is the site for investing significant political and material resources, and is ultimately ungovernable. Providing a wealth of case material from Australia, Europe and North America, it is for students, academics, and practitioners working in the areas of criminology, migration, human geography, international law and politics, globalisation, sociology and cultural anthropology. "Borders, mobility and technologies of control" provides a model of criminological inquiry that is global in scope, constructionist in vision, and capable of combining the insights of dialogic and political-economic analyses into a holistic understanding of the growing conflict between nation-states and multitudes. … is an important, new step forward for all those who approach criminology, not as an adjunct to state. " Dr. Raymond Michalowski, Arizona Regents Professor, Northern Arizona University, USA "Borders, mobility and technologies of control" is a radical exploration of new terrain in transnational and comparative criminology. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this collection charts new forms of transgression and control in the borderlands, raising new theoretical questions and topics for research." Ben Bowling, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, King's College, London

Zielgruppe

Borders, Mobility and Technologies of Control is likely to have a wide international appeal because of the use of illustrative material from a range of countries. It is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics. The non-academic readership is likely to consist of specialist practitioners who are well informed about the subject area, but are looking for a more analytical or theoretical treatment of the issues. The collection will appeal most directly to the growing number of criminologists who are aware of the importance of the developing global perspective within the discipline. With its focus on borders and mobility, it will also be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of refugees and migration studies, human geography, international law and politics, globalisation studies, sociology and cultural anthropology. The book will also be of direct relevance to human rights scholars, political activists and policy analysts who have an interest in the global regulation of immigrants and asylum seekers and the many legal, political and justice issues which arise. Social Sciences, general, Criminology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pickering, Sharon

Weber, Leanne

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon Pickering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia / Leanne Weber, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia