Frontiers of Fear

Immigration and Insecurity in the United States and Europe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20030907
AutoresAriane Chebel d’Appollonia (autor de correspondencia), Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia
Año2012
Fecha de publicación2012-03-02
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaFrontiers of Fear (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCornell University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7591/cornell/9780801450686.001.0001
OpenAlexW418244502
ISBN9780801450686
Open LibraryOL25033388M
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas53

On both sides of the Atlantic, restrictive immigration policies have been framed as security imperatives since the 1990s. This trend accelerated in the aftermath of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks in Europe. This book raises two central questions with profound consequences for national security and immigration policy: First, does the securitization of immigration issues actually contribute to the enhancement of internal security? Second, does the use of counterterrorism measures address such immigration issues as the increasing number of illegal immigrants, the resilience of ethnic tensions, and the emergence of home-grown radicalization? This book questions the main assumptions that inform political agendas in the United States and throughout Europe, analyzing implementation and evaluating the effectiveness of policies in terms of their stated objectives. It argues that the new security-based immigration regime has proven ineffective in achieving its prescribed goals and even aggravated the problems it was supposed to solve: A security/insecurity cycle has been created that results in less security and less democracy. The excesses of securitization have harmed both immigration and counterterrorist policies and seriously damaged the delicate balance between security and respect for civil liberties

Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Immigration · Immigration detention · Immigration policy · Internal security · National security · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radicalization · Resilience (materials science) · Securitization · Sociology · Terrorism · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Border security · emigration and immigration · Europe · Government policy · united states