States of Ignorance
Boswell, Christina / Chabal, Emile
Much attention has been focused on how states produce knowledge about the people they govern, far less has been written about those aspects of society that states choose to keep obscure. This book makes an original contribution to understanding state ignorance by focusing on one of the most complex and contested social issues of our day: the governance of irregular migrants. Tracing the evolution of state monitoring and control of irregular mi...