Medicalising borders: selection, containment and quarantine since 1800
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526174574
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2023
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
400 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of bio-political power techniques that originate in European modernity. -- .