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The tightening of border security in West Africa has led to the application of new technologies of surveillance and identification. Philippe M. Frowd focuses on the mix of actors involved in these efforts and shows that border security is a statebuilding practice, underpinned by international and local security officials and technologies.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Borderwork assemblages; 3. Security knowledge and the politics of intervention; Part II: 4. From migration crisis to cooperación; 5. Border infrastructures and statebuilding in Mauritania; 6. Biometric borderwork; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.

Security at the Borders

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/07/2018
      ISBN13: 9781108470100, 978-1108470100
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      African history Military and defence strategy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The tightening of border security in West Africa has led to the application of new technologies of surveillance and identification. Philippe M. Frowd focuses on the mix of actors involved in these efforts and shows that border security is a statebuilding practice, underpinned by international and local security officials and technologies.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Borderwork assemblages; 3. Security knowledge and the politics of intervention; Part II: 4. From migration crisis to cooperación; 5. Border infrastructures and statebuilding in Mauritania; 6. Biometric borderwork; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.

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