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Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide

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Description for Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JMC; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.

The U.S.-Mexico border is the busiest in the world, the longest and most dramatic meeting point of a rich and poor country, and the site of intense confrontation between law enforcement and law evasion. Border control has changed in recent years from a low-maintenance and politically marginal activity to an intensive campaign focusing on drugs and migrant labor. Yet the unprecedented buildup of border policing has taken place in an era otherwise defined by the opening of the border, most notably through NAFTA. This contrast creates a borderless economy with a barricaded border.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801475405
SKU
V9780801475405
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Ref
99-1

About Peter Andreas
Peter Andreas is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University. He is the author of Blue Helmets and Black Markets, also from Cornell, coauthor of Drug War Politics and Policing the Globe, and the coeditor of The Rebordering of North America and The Wall Around the West.

Reviews for Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide
Border Games provides an in-depth and comparative analysis of the border policies.... Required reading for anyone with an interest in U.S.-Mexico relations and the American West.
Jeff Biggers
The Bloomsbury Review
An engaging and readable book.... This slim volume is recommended for all levels.
Choice
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