"Border control, as practiced here and elsewhere, leans too much towards a ritualized acting-out of the collective fears of the dominant political discourse. Border control could be better were it viewed as an extension of international policy, with border agent behaviour more rooted in statistical research than in gut reactions."
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Date: 2010-03-28 07:44 pm (UTC)"Border control, as practiced here and elsewhere, leans too much towards a ritualized acting-out of the collective fears of the dominant political discourse. Border control could be better were it viewed as an extension of international policy, with border agent behaviour more rooted in statistical research than in gut reactions."