Border Security: Shores of Politics, Horizons of Justice

What kind of a world is one in which border security is understood as necessary? How is this transforming the shores of politics? And why does this seem to preclude a horizon of political justice for those affected? Border Security responds to these questions through an interdisciplinary exploration of border security, politics and justice. Drawing empirically on the now notorious case of Australia, the book pursues a range of theoretical perspectives – including Foucault’s work on power, the systems theory of Niklas Luhmann and the cybernetic ethics of Heinz Von Foerster – in order to formulate an account of the thoroughly constructed and political nature of border security. Through this detailed and critical engagement, the book’s analysis elicits a political alternative to border security from within its own logic: thus signaling at least the beginnings of a way out of the cost, cruelty and devaluation of life that characterises the enforced reality of the world of border security.Additional ISBNs9780367232337, 9781315672717, 9781317373971, 9781317373995Border Security: Shores of Politics, Horizons of Justice 1st Edition is written by Peter Chambers and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Border Security are 9781317373988, 1317373987 and the print ISBNs are 9781138943131, 1138943134. Additional ISBNs include 9780367232337, 9781315672717, 9781317373971, 9781317373995.