Politics at the airport / Mark B. Salter, editor.

Other author Salter, Mark B.
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxix, 183 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
International airports--Security measures.
Terrorism--Prevention.

Contents Introduction: Airport assemblage / Mark B. Salter -- The global airport : managing space, speed, and security / Mark B. Salter -- Filtering flows, friends, and foes : global surveillance / David Lyon -- Unsafe at any altitude : the comparative politics of no-fly lists in the United States and Canada / Colin J. Bennett -- Mobility and border security : the U.S. aviation system, the state, and the rise of public-private partnerships / Gallya Lahav -- Airport surveillance between public and private interests : CCTV at Geneva International Airport / Francisco R. Klauser, Jean Ruegg, and Valérie November -- Travelers, borders, dangers : locating the political at the biometric border / Benjamin J. Muller -- Mobilities and modulations : the airport as a difference machine / Peter Adey -- Welcome to windows 2.1 : motion aesthetics at the airport / Gillian Fuller.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008009095
ISBN9780816650149 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816650144 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816650156 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816650152 (pb : alk. paper)