Security At the Borders - Transnational Practices and Technologies in West Africa

List 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.

About the author

Philippe M. Frowd is Assistant Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. His primary research interest is in the transnational governance of security in West Africa's Sahel region, with an emphasis on interventions around irregular migration and border control. His research draws on ongoing fieldwork in West Africa, with his current work focusing on transit migration in Niger. Dr Frowd is a past winner of the Northedge Prize (2013) and his writing has appeared in Security Dialogue, Millennium, International Political Sociology, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe M Frowd, Philippe M. Frowd, Philippe M. (University of Ottawa) Frowd
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108455213
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45521-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, African History, West Africa, Military and defence strategy