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The UK border security continuum : virtual biopolitics and the simulation of the sovereign ban

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Vaughan-Williams, Nick. (2010) The UK border security continuum : virtual biopolitics and the simulation of the sovereign ban. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol.28 (No.6). pp. 1071-1083. ISSN 1472-3433

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Abstract

This paper analyses the emergence of the UK's new border security doctrine. It argues that the vision of the UK border being put forward is not one that corresponds to conventional under-standings of what and where borders are in contemporary political life. Rather, the UK border is increasingly projected overseas and across UK territory, ever more invisible, electronic, and mobile through the use of sophisticated identity management technologies and is based on principles of preemption. In search of critical resources appropriate to the analysis of these practices, I draw on the work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, and Jean Baudrillard and argue that the UK case is symptomatic of broader attempts to simulate the effect of security in the West.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JC Political theory
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Border security -- Great Britain, Biopolitics -- Great Britain, Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
Publisher: Pion
ISSN: 1472-3433
Date: 2010
Volume: Vol.28
Number: No.6
Page Range: pp. 1071-1083
Identification Number: 10.1068/d13908
Status: Peer Reviewed
Funder: British Academy (BA)
Grant number: SG-50847 (BA)
URI: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/36447

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