Anthropology of security : : perspectives from the frontline of policing, counter-terrorism and border control / / edited by Mark Maguire, Catarina Frois and Nils Zurawski.

• Superior document: Anthropology, Culture and Society
• TeilnehmendeR: Maguire, Mark,; Frois, Catarina,; Zurawski, Nils,
• Place / Publishing House: London, England : : Pluto Press,, 2014.; ©2014
• Publicatiejaar: 2014
• Taal: English
• Reeks: Anthropology, culture, and society.
• Fysieke beschrijving: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Aantekeningen: Includes index.

In a post-Cold War world of political unease and economic crisis, processes of securitisation are transforming nation-states, their citizens and non-citizens in profound ways. The book shows how contemporary Europe is now home to a vast security industry which uses biometric identification syste...