The anthropology of security: perspectives from the frontline of policing, counter-terrorism and border control
In: Anthropology, culture and society
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Sarkosy and Roma: Performaing Securitisation, Marion Demossier -- 2. Video-surveillance and the Political Use of Discretionary Power in the Name of Security and Defence, Catarina Frois -- 3. Location, Isolation and Disempowerment: The Swift Proliferation of Security Discourse among Policy Professionals, Greg Feldman -- 4. Compensating (In)Security: Anthropological Perspectives on Internal Security, Alexandra Schwell -- 5. Petty States of Exception: The Contemporary Policing of the Urban Poor, Didier Fassin -- 6. Counter-terrorism in European Airports, Mark Maguire -- 7. Whose Security? The Deportation of Foreign-national Offenders from the UK, Ines Hasselberg -- 8. Grey Zones of Illegality: Inhuman Conditions in Receiving Irregular Migrants in Greece, Jutta Lauth Bacas -- Conclusions -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.