{"product_id":"border-watch-alexandra-hall-9780745327235","title":"Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuestions 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 system, or about the people responsible for setting immigration policy. Detention, particularly, is a hidden side of border politics, despite its growing international importance as a tool of control and security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also looks at the social life and the relationships between officers and immigrants to explore broad social trends, as well as resistance within the system, and provides rare insights into the treatment of the 'other'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745327230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745327235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Alexandra Hall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059616837887,"sku":"9780745327235","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa0e6b18-f0c7-4d84-9791-3fbff97355be.jpg?v=1685059308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/border-watch-alexandra-hall-9780745327235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}