Pathogenic Policing - 9780813595337

Pathogenic PolicingImmigration Enforcement and Health in the U.S. South\nAuthor(s): Nolan Kline\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813595337, 978-0813595337\nSynopsis\nThe relationship between undocumented immigrants and law enforcement officials continues to be a politically contentious topic in the United States. Nolan Kline focuses on the hidden, health-related impacts of immigrant policing to examine the role of policy in shaping health inequality in the [url] and responds to fundamental questions regarding biopolitics, especially how policy can reinforce race as a vehicle of social division. He argues that immigration enforcement policy results in a shadow medical system, shapes immigrants health and interpersonal relationships, and has health-related impacts that extend beyond immigrants to affecthealth providers, immigrant rights groups, hospitals, and the overall health system. Pathogenic Poli.