Crossing borders in North America after 9/11: ‘regular’ travellers’ narratives of securitisations and contestations
| Autor: | Marianne H. Marchand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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education.field_of_study
Mobilities 05 social sciences Population 0507 social and economic geography Ethnic group Performative utterance Development Modernization theory 050601 international relations 0506 political science Sovereignty Political economy Law Political science Terrorism education 050703 geography Socioeconomic status |
| Zdroj: | Third World Quarterly. 38:1232-1248 |
| ISSN: | 1360-2241 0143-6597 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01436597.2016.1256764 |
| Popis: | This article is part of a larger project on ordinary border crossings and state practices in North America. The changing border governmentalities in the region focusing on securitising their borders against potential terrorist threats and the increased emphasis on the managing of population flows have led to a reduced mobility for certain travellers as opposed to others. The construction of potentially safe and ‘un-safe’ subjects through profiling on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion and socioeconomic background and the increasing use of biometrics have impacted upon travellers’ mobilities. In the North American context, the Mexican state has undergone significant modernisation in terms of its border control capacities, thus enhancing not only its capacity as a buffer state, but also its performative sovereignty, and is therefore an interesting case to study. This article aims to analyse how these transformations in border governmentalities have affected the mobility ... |
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