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Fear and loathing on the U.S.-Mexico border -- "I'm proud to be a vigilante, how about you?" -- "It's your country, take it back." -- Spreading the message -- Attrition through enforcement: constructing enemies in the contemporary immigration "crisis" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

This book critically examines the various practices of anti-immigrantism in three western democracies, the US, the UK and France, within the context of globalisation and questions our understanding of the state. Anti-Immigrantism in Western Democracies draws upon the works of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, and analyses their understanding of desire, its forms and its relation to the social order. Doty uses these concepts as a way to comprehend the forces at work in the social, political and economic life, to explore the impulses which move society towards various practices and policies, and finally to understand statecraft. In this innovative work the author concludes that immigration is an exemplary site of the manifestation of the desire for order and security in a world where things are perceived to be under threat and investigates the concept of neo-racism and its relationship to immigration policies. It will interest students and researchers of International Relations, Migration Studies and Cultural Studies.

"Developed/underdeveloped," "first world/third world," "modern/traditional"-although there is nothing inevitable, natural, or arguably even useful about such divisions, they are widely accepted as legitimate ways to categorize regions and peoples of the world. In Imperial Encounters, Roxanne Lynn Doty looks at the way these kinds of labels influence North-South relations, reflecting a history of colonialism and shaping the way national identity is constructed today.

"Developed/underdeveloped," "first world/third world," "modern/traditional"although there is nothing inevitable, natural, or arguably even useful about such divisions, they are widely accepted as legitimate ways to categorize regions and peoples of the world. In Imperial Encounters, Roxanne Lynn Doty looks at the way these kinds of labels influence North-South relations, reflecting a history of colonialism and shaping the way national identity is constructed today.

Este artigo examina práticas de testemunhar e testemunho que surgiram como resposta às contínuas mortes de migrantes nos desertos do sudoeste dos Estados Unidos. Eu sugiro que estas práticas podem ser consideradas uma forma de resistência, na medida em que restituem a humanidade àqueles que morreram e, ao fazê-lo, reconhecem que nosso mundo de fronteiras contemporâneo abriga os espíritos daqueles que viajaram pelas perigosas trilhas criadas por fronteiras visíveis e invisíveis. A esperança por políticas mais humanas depende de tal tipo de reconhecimento; e mantê-los vivos na memória pública é fundamental para promover mudança. Este artigo também argumenta por uma ampla conceituação do que significa testemunhar e dar testemunho. As práticas examinadas variam desde contar estórias de migrantes, a prestar ajuda humanitária, e práticas para identificar os restos de migrantes que morreram e, assim, restituir suas identidades.