{"product_id":"targeting-immigrants-jonathan-xavier-inda-9781405112437","title":"Targeting Immigrants: Government, Technology, and Ethics","description":"This book is concerned with the government of \"illegal\" immigration since the passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, exploring how certain mentalities and intellectual machineries have rendered illegal immigrants as targets of government. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eExamines how various authorities have created knowledge about and constructed \"illegal\" immigration as an ethical problem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the tactics that have been deployed to govern immigration, particularly at the US-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing an ethnographic approach, draws on primary source materials - including government publications, archival documents, newspapers, and popular magazines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies measures (e.g. Operation Gatekeeper and Operation Hold-the-Line) for reforming the conduct of \"illegal\" immigrants in order to forestall illicit border crossings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrames the study of immigration within Foucauldian theories of governmentality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the role of numbers and statistics in constructing the \"illegal\" immigrant.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Xavier Inda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405112433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405112437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.20w x 0.64d","brand":"Jonathan Xavier Inda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925435482367,"sku":"9781405112437","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0c66cad0-2ba5-434a-a99c-b8042ebd3b6a.jpg?v=1681077259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/targeting-immigrants-jonathan-xavier-inda-9781405112437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}