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- Politics at the Airport
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
Few sites are more symbolic of both the opportunities and vulnerabilities of contemporary globalization than the international airport. Politics at the Airport brings together leading scholars to examine how airports both shape and are shaped by current political, social, and economic conditions. Focusing on the ways that airports have become securitized, the essays address a wide range of practices and technologies—from architecture, biometric identification, and CCTV systems to “no-fly lists” and the privatization of border control—now being deployed to frame the social sorting of safe and potentially dangerous travelers. This provocative volume broadens our understanding of the connections among power, space, bureaucracy, and migration while establishing the airport as critical to the study of politics and global life. Contributors: Peter Adey, Colin J. Bennett, Gillian Fuller, Francisco R. Klauser, Gallya Lahav, David Lyon, Benjamin J. Muller, Valérie November, Jean Ruegg.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction: Airport Assemblage
- pp. ix-xx
- Contributors
- pp. 175-176
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816666546
Related ISBN(s)
9780816650156
MARC Record
OCLC
321075572
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No