TECHNOLOGIES OF APPREHENSION: THE FAMILY, LAW, SECURITY, AND GEOPOLITICS IN US NONCITIZEN FAMILY DETENTION POLICY AND PRACTICE

TECHNOLOGIES OF APPREHENSION: THE FAMILY, LAW, SECURITY, AND GEOPOLITICS IN US NONCITIZEN FAMILY DETENTION POLICY AND PRACTICE

This dissertation examines how US immigrant family detention policy emerged from reinvigorated border security priorities, immigration policing practices, and international migration flows. Based on a qualitative mixed methods approach, the research traces how discourses of threat, vulnerability, an...

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Main Author: Martin, Lauren Leigh
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2011
Subjects:
Immigration
Detention
Feminism
Geopolitics
Borders
American Studies
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/138
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1141&context=gradschool_diss

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http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/138
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1141&context=gradschool_diss

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