Border Governance and the 'Unruly' South - Theory and Practice

TO COME Informationen zum Autor Alejandra Salas-Porras is Professor of Social and Poltical Science at National Autonomous University of Mexico.Francisco Javier Haro is Professor at the University of Colima, Mexico.Joaquin Roy is Professor and Director of the University of Miami European Union Center of Excellence, USA. Laura V. Gonzalez-Murphy is Research Assistant Professor at Rockefeller College, SUNY at Albany, USA. Roberto Dominguez is Associate Professor of Government at Suffolk University, Boston, USA.Stephan Sberro is Professor at Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. Klappentext Though 9/11 tightened borders against hard threats, why were soft threats able to create havoc in the cracks? The studies explored by the contributors of this volume lead to the conclusion that the state is not, and should not be, the only viable actor in successful border governance.Though 9/11 tightened borders against hard threats, why were soft threats able to create havoc in the cracks? The studies explored by the contributors of this volume lead to the conclusion that the state is not, and should not be, the only viable actor in successful border governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Imtiaz Hussain 2. Elite Networks and NAFTA Governance; Alejandra Salas-Porras 3. Languages as Borders; Stephan Sberro 4. Of Porous Borders, Privileged Gatekeeping, and the Fading Iron Curtain; Joaquin Roy 5. Chinese Diaspora and North America; Francisco Haro Navejas 6. Governance, Networks, and Drug Trafficking North America; Roberto Dominguez 7. Tackling Southern Turbulence; Laura V. Gonzalez-Murphy 8. Two Mexicos or Beyond Mexico?; Imtiaz Hussain 9. Conclusions; Imtiaz Hussain

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• Authors: Imtiaz Hussain
• Assisted by: Hussain (Editor), I Hussain (Editor), I. Hussain (Editor), Imtiaz Hussain (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2013
• EAN: 9781137345370
• ISBN: 978-1-137-34537-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Sociology, History: specific events & topics, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, Political Sociology, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political History, United States of America, USA, World Politics, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Europe—Politics and government, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, American Politics, 42624;Governance;networks;state