Privatising Border Control

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Privatising Border Control is written by Mary Bosworth and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0192857169 (ISBN 10) and 9780192857163 (ISBN 13).

Policing and punishment, once regarded as central to the state's power and its monopoly on violence, are increasingly outsourced to private providers. This collection of essays explores the growing use of the private sector and private actors in border control, and its implications for our understanding of state sovereignty and citizenship.