Beschreibung:
This book tells the story of the shift to law enforcement in Canadian border control. From the 1990s onward, it traces the transformation of a customs organization into a border policing agency.
1.Introduction; Interlude: the slipper section; 2.Changing customs: from taxation to secure trade; 3.Border interrupted: technologies and the fraught circulation of data in bordering; 4.Towards a police of the border: the virtualization of borderwork and a disrupted sense of self; 5.Gendered border politics: "manning" the frontline, getting the gun; 6.Becoming a border enforcer: a changing apprenticeship; 7.Dobermans vs. hush puppies: generational frictions in ports of entry; 8.Conclusion