Border Politics in a Global Era: Comparative Perspectives

305 Pages·2017·5.655 MB·English

by  Kathleen Staudt

B O R D E R P O L I T I C S
IN A GLOBAL ERA
Comparative Perspectives
Kathleen Staudt
University of Texas at El Paso
Foreword by Tony Payan
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This book is dedicated to my now-grown children, Mosi and Asha
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BrDieefd Cicoanttioennts
Part I Conceptual Framework and Historical
Backgrounds 1
1
Introduction 2
2
Geography, Maps, and the “Other” in History 15
3
Global Inequalities and Local Borderlands: Conceptual Foundations 33
Part II Regional Case Studies 54
4
The Americas: Interdependent US-Mexico Borderlands 56
5
From Borderlessness to Partition Scars and Border Fences:
Postcolonial South Asia 79
6
European Integration (Under Threat): Mobility in a Superstructure 96
7
Maritime and River Borders 115
Part III Public Policy Issues 128
8
Securities: Environmental, Safety, and Survival 130
9
Citizenship, Migration, and the Movement of People
Across Borders 151
10
Freer and Fairer Trade in Borderlands 176
Part IV Bridging the Borderlands 197
11
Borderlands in Films 198
12
Toward Solutions: NGOs and Policy Change, Global to Regional 213
13
Conclusions and Reflections on Border Politics in a Global Era 236
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