Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control

by Alexandra Hall

Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants?

In this bold intervention, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centres offer a window onto society's broader attitudes towards immigrants. Despite periodic media scandals, remarkably little has been written about the everyday workings of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745327230
• ISBN13: 9780745327235
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"