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Inside immigration detention

Mary Bosworth (Author)
As states around the globe detain foreigners in greater numbers, a critical, academic examination of the social and cultural world of immigration detention centres is long overdue. This groundbreaking study based on extensive fieldwork in the British system unveils the world of immigration detention - its culture, politics, and impact on detainees
eBook, English, 2014
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014
1 online resource : illustrations, maps
9780191755552, 9780191663529, 0191755559, 0191663522
897444650
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Inside immigration detention
The historical development of immigration detention in Britain
Understanding immigration detention
Recognition and belonging in an age of deportation
Everyday life in detention
The detention community
Uncertainty, identity, and power in detention
Ambivalence and estrangement in detention
Conclusion : Irrevocably foreign?
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