The Anthropology of Security

1: Sarkozy and the Roma: Performing Securitisation, by Marion Demossier 2: Video-Surveillance and the Political use of Discretionary Power in the Name of Security and Defence, by Catarina Frois 3: Location, Isolation, and Disempowerment: The Swift Proliferation of Security Discourse among Policy Professionals, by Greg Feldman 4: Compensating (In)Security: Anthropological Perspectives on Internal Security, by Alexandra Schwell 5: Petty States of Exception: The Contemporary Policing of the Urban Poor, by Didier Fassin 6: Counter-terrorism in European Airports, by Mark Maguire 7: Whose Security? The Deportation of Foreign-national Offenders from the UK, by Ines Hasselber 8: Grey Zones of Illegality: Inhuman Conditions in Receiving Irregular Migrants in Greece, by Jutta Lauth Bacas Conclusions Security: Encounters, Misunderstanding and Possible Collaborationsm, by Didier Bigo Contributors Index

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