{"product_id":"targeting-immigrants-isbn-9781405112437","title":"Targeting Immigrants","description":"This book is concerned with the government of “illegal” immigration since the passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, exploring how certain mentalities and intellectual machineries have rendered illegal immigrants as targets of government. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines how various authorities have created knowledge about and constructed “illegal” immigration as an ethical problem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the tactics that have been deployed to govern immigration, particularly at the US-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing an ethnographic approach, draws on primary source materials – including government publications, archival documents, newspapers, and popular magazines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies measures (e.g. Operation Gatekeeper and Operation Hold-the-Line) for reforming the conduct of “illegal” immigrants in order to forestall illicit border crossings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrames the study of immigration within Foucauldian theories of governmentality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the role of numbers and statistics in constructing the “illegal” immigrant.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Acknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Government and Immigration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Ethopolitics and the Management of In\/security.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ethos of Responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Ethical Subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Government of the Marginal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRacing the Unethical.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Producing “The Illegal,” or Making Up Subjects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernment and Numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegislating Illegality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractices of Enumeration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveying Routines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthical Territories of Exclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Anti-Citizenship Technologies and the Regulation of the Border.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoverning Through Crime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssembling an Anti-Citizenship Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecuritizing the Border.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aftermath of “Terror”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurfeit of Dead Bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDying in Abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Iterations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Inda's Exploration of the racialized ethical manner in which unauthorized immigration has been managed is a significant contribution to the literature of governmentality.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJonathan Xavier Inda\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana\/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.  \u003ci\u003eTargeting Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned with the government of “illegal” immigration since passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965. It explores how certain mentalities and intellectual machineries have rendered illegal immigrants as targets of government. It goes on to examine how authorities of various kinds – from social scientists, politicians, and government bureaucrats to policy analysts and the public at large – have created knowledge about and constructed illegal immigration as an ethical problem to be addressed and rectified. \u003ci\u003eTargeting Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the tactics that have been deployed to govern immigration and to reform the conduct of illegal immigrants in order to prevent illicit border crossings, particularly at the US-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing from printed source materials, including government publications, archival documents, newspapers, and popular magazines, this book traces the languages, voices, and subsequent actions of those authorized to make truth claims about illicit immigration. \u003ci\u003eTargeting Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable to those studying immigration, the government of social life, and socio-cultural anthropology of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990132605157,"sku":"NP9781405112437","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405112437.jpg?v=1761786627","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/targeting-immigrants-isbn-9781405112437","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}