Policing borders, producing boundaries. the governmentality of immigration in dark times

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2011, Pages 213-226

  Fassin, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum; Borders; Boundaries; Deportation; Detention; Governmentality; Humanitarianism; Immigration; Migration; State

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; BORDER REGION; BUREAUCRACY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; IMMIGRATION; MIGRATION; NATION STATE; TERRITORY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 80053393225     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145847     Document Type: Article

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