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Last Frontier

The Contemporary Configuration of the U.S.-Mexico Border

Autor: Jane Juffer

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Legare: Carte broșată

Editura: Duke University Press

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The Bush administration has designated the U.S.-Mexico border the 'last frontier' against potential...

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Autor

Jane Juffer

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2006

Pagini

232

EAN

9780822366621

ISBN

9780822366621

Enbook ID

06291097

Editura

Duke University Press

Greutate

381

Dimensiuni

155 x 229 x 15

Descriere completă

The Bush administration has designated the U.S.-Mexico border the 'last frontier' against potential terrorists from Latin America. Analyzing the human costs, "The Last Frontier" explores the effects of neo-liberal policies on the border. On the one hand, neo-liberal economics depend on open borders for the free flow of trade and the maintenance of a low-wage labour force.On the other, both Mexico and the United States continue to heighten surveillance mechanisms and Border Patrol forces, especially in the wake of September 11, in an attempt to close those same borders. Covering a range of disciplinary perspectives - geography, political science, anthropology, American studies, literary studies, and environmental studies - these essays contend that U.S. policies to curtail immigration and drug trafficking along the Mexican border are ineffective. George W. Bush's call for a volunteer security force has legitimized a vigilante presence through the formation of Minutemen, civilian border patrols, in addition to larger numbers of Border Patrol agents and expanded detention centres.One contributor argues that, due to the increasingly dangerous border-crossing conditions, more undocumented immigrants are remaining in the United States year-round rather than following the traditional seasonal pattern of work and returning to Mexico. Another contributor interviews drug smugglers and government officials, revealing the gap between reality and the claims of success by the U.S. government in the 'war on drugs'. Focusing on the social justice movement Ni Una Mas ("Not One More"), one essay delves into the controversy over the unsolved murders of hundreds of young women in the border town of Ciudad Juarez and the refusal of the government to investigate these murders properly. Other essays consider instances of resistance and activism - ranging from political movements and protests by NGOs to artistic expression through alternative narratives, poetry, and photography - against the consequences of neo-liberalism on the border and its populations.