National Security and Policy in America: Immigrants, Crime, and the Securitization of the Border

ISBN-13: 9781138487758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 274 str.

Wesley S. McCann; Francis D. Boateng

Opis

This book investigates the strategic use of America’s historical crime-control, counterterrorism, national security and immigration policies as a mechanism in the modern-day Trump administration to restrict migration and refugee settlement with a view of promoting national security and preservation.

Spis treści

Part I: Securitization Through the Convergence of Systems (1798-Present); 1. The Evolution of American Immigration Policy (1798-1945); 2. Securitization in the Age of Expansion (1945-1991); 3. The Post-Cold War Era (1991-Present); Part II: Case Studies 4. The Travel Ban; 5. Terrorism, Immigration, and the Border Wall; 6. Immigration as a Consequence of Foreign Policy in the Labyrinth of ‘Wars’; Conclusion 7. Towards a Global Security; Index