Overview

In summer 2014, US agencies responsible for the border with Mexico were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America. Unprepared to address this unexpected kind of migrant, the US government deployed troops to carry out a new border mission: the feeding, care, and housing of this wave of children. This event highlights the complex social, economic, and political issues that arise along borders. In American Crossings, nine scholars consider the complicated modern history of borders in the Western Hemisphere, examining borders as geopolitical boundaries, key locations for internal security, spaces for international trade, and areas where national and community identities are defined. Among the provocative questions raised are, Why are Peru and Chile inclined to legalize territory disputes through the International Court of Justice, undermining their militaries? Why has economic integration in the ""Tri-Border Area"" of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay increased illicit trade supporting transnational terrorist groups? And how has a weak Ecuadorian presence at the Ecuador-Colombia border encouraged Colombian guerrillas to enforce the international borderline?

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Author:   Maiah Jaskoski (Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University) ,  Arturo C. Sotomayor (Associate Professor of International Affairs and Program Director, George Washington University) ,  Harold A. Trinkunas (Deputy Director, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781421418308

ISBN 10:   1421418304
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   09 February 2016
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Borders in the Americas: Theories and Realities Part I: Geopolitics of Borders Chapter 2. Borders, Rivalries, and the Racketeer State: An Alternative Theory to State Development in Latin America Chapter 3. Legalizing and Judicializing Territorial and Maritime Border Disputes in Latin America: Causes and Unintended Consequences Chapter 4. Political Learning Through a Transgovernmental Network: Resolving the Argentine-Chilean Border Dispute During the 1990s Part II: National Policies for Border Security and Cross-Border Trade Chapter 5. Regional Peace and Unintended Consequences: The Peculiar Case of the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Chapter 6. Rivalry, Trade, and Restraint on the Colombia-Venezuela Border Chapter 7. Northbound ""Threats"" at the United States–Mexico Border: What Is Crossing Today, and Why? Part III: Licit and Illicit Behavior by Borderland Actors Chapter 8. Illicit Americas: Historical Dynamics of Smuggling in the United States' Relations with Its Neighbors Chapter 9. The Colombian FARC in Northern Ecuador: Borderline and Borderland Dynamics Chapter 10. Making Sense of Borders: Global Circulations and the Rule of Law at the Iguazú Triangle Chapter 11. Conclusions List of Contributors Index"

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American Crossings intelligently considers why Latin America is a region substantially at peace with itself. * Foreign Affairs *

American Crossings intelligently considers why Latin America is a region substantially at peace with itself. Foreign Affairs

Author Information

Maiah Jaskoski is assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University and author of Military Politics and Democracy in the Andes. Arturo C. Sotomayor is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio and author of The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper: Civil-Military Relations and the United Nations. Harold A. Trinkunas is director of the Latin America Initiative at The Brookings Institution and author of Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela: A Comparative Perspective.

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