Title
Enclosures, enclaves, and entrapment
Publication Date
2010
Publication Details
Turner, B. (2010). Enclosures, enclaves, and entrapment. Sociological Inquiry,80(2), 241-260. United States of America: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682X.2010.00329.x
Abstract
The article takes a position against recent theories of globalization and mobility by arguing that there are important trends toward increased immobility. Whereas goods travel relatively freely in a global market, the same cannot be said for people. Various forms of immobility are explored through the key notion of enclaves. While ghettoes and wall building have been traditional aspects of the enclosure of people, the article argues that new biological technologies offer enhanced methods of tracking and containing people. The principal cause behind these developments is a greater emphasis on securitization by the state and hence globalization theories are criticized insofar as they propose that state borders have become more porous.
School/Institute
Institute for Religion, Politics, and Society
Document Type
Journal Article
Access Rights
ERA Access