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100	1		_aArnold, Kathleen R., _d1966- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aArendt, agamben and the issue of hyper-legality : _bin between the prisoner-stateless nexus / _cby Kathleen R. Arnold.
264		1	_aBoca Raton, FL : _bRoutledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource (208 pages)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
505	0		_achapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Personhood -- chapter 2 Is it Better to be a Criminal than a Stateless Person? Revisiting Arendt’s Famous Comparison -- chapter 3 Blurring Boundaries -- chapter 4 Democratic Sacrifice and Heroism in the Context of Tragedy -- chapter 5 Blurring Paradigms -- chapter 6 Conclusion: Is it Better to Be a Criminal than a Stateless Person?.
520	3		_aIn the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt famously argued that the stateless were so rightless, that it was better to be a criminal who at least had some rights and protections. In this book, Kathleen R. Arnold examines Arendt’s comparison in the context of post-1996 U.S. criminal and immigration policies, arguing that the criminal-stateless binary is significant to contemporary politics and yet flawed. A key distinction made today is that immigrant detention is not imprisonment because it is a civil system. In turn, prisoners are still citizens in some respects but have relatively few rights since the legal underpinnings of "cruel and unusual" have shifted in recent times. The two systems – immigrant detention and the prison system – are also concretely related as they often house both populations and utilize the same techniques (such as administrative segregation) Arnold compellingly argues that prisoners are essentially made into foreigners in these spaces, while immigrants in detention are cast as outlaws. Examining legal theory, political theory and discussing specific cases to illustrate her claims, Arendt, Agamben and the Issue of Hyper-Legality operates on three levels to expose the degree to which prisoners’ rights have been suspended and how immigrant policy and detention cast foreigners as inherently criminal. Less talked about, the government in turn expands sovereign, discretionary power and secrecy at the expense of openness, transparency and democratic community. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of contemporary political theory, philosophy and law, immigration, and incarceration.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aDetention of persons _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDetention of persons.
650		0	_aIllegal aliens _xCivil rights _zUnited States.
650		0	_aIllegal aliens _xCivil rights.
650		0	_aIllegal aliens _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aIllegal aliens _xGovernment policy.
650		0	_aPrisoners _xCivil rights _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPrisoners _xCivil rights.
650		0	_aPrisoners _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPrisoners _xGovernment policy.
650		0	_aStatelessness.
710	2		_aTaylor and Francis.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780815381051
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351211260 _zClick here to view.
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