The Covert Colour Line: The Racialised Politics of Western State Intelligence

Author:   Oliver Kearns
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745347301


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 April 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Oliver Kearns
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745347301


ISBN 10:   0745347304
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'Raises a fascinating question: what if the biggest failures of intelligence are not the factual errors, but the inbuilt biases that shape what types of information is deemed useful, or even legible, to the state?' -- Lisa Stampnitzky, lecturer of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK, and author of Disciplining Terror: How Experts Invented Terrorism 'A ground-breaking contribution to the field. Elegantly written, the book decodes a plethora of declassified documents showing the racialised assumptions underlying the use and abuse of intelligence in contemporary Western politics. This is a must-read for anyone interested in democratic politics, recent armed conflicts in the Middle East or asymmetrical global power relations.' -- Dr. Elisabeth Schweiger, lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York, UK 'Your jaw will drop and your heart will break. We urgently need this reckoning with the role of race-thinking in international politics. Lives depend on it.' -- Gargi Bhattacharyya


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Oliver Kearns is a research fellow with SPIN, the Secrecy Power and Ignorance Network, at the University of Bristol, UK. He studies how state secrecy, from drone strikes to spy radio frequencies, shapes the legitimation of violence. He also writes experimental electronic music.

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