American crossings : border politics in the Western Hemisphere / edited by Maiah Jaskoski, Arturo C. Sotomayor, and Harold A. Trinkunas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaskoski, Maiah, 1977- editor.

Sotomayor, Arturo C., editor.

Trinkunas, Harold A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Borderlands--America.

Borderlands.

Boundary disputes.

Geopolitics--America.

Geopolitics.

America--Foreign relations.

America.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Who--and what--moves from one country to another has real implications for security studies, international relations, and the ideal of democracy. -- 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 EcuadorColombia border encouraged Colombian guerrillas to enforce the international borderline?

Contents:

Borders in the Americas : Theories and Realities / Maiah Jaskoski, Arturo C. Sotomayor, and Harold A. Trinkunas

Borders, Rivalries, and the Racketeer State : An Alternative Theory to State Development in Latin America / Cameron G. Thies

Legalizing and Judicializing Territorial and Maritime Border Disputes in Latin America : Causes and Unintended Consequences / Arturo C. Sotomayor

Political Learning through a Transgovernmental Network : Resolving the Argentine-Chilean Border Dispute during the 1990s / Kristina Mani

Regional Peace and Unintended Consequences : The Peculiar Case of the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay / Arie M. Kacowicz

Rivalry, Trade, and Restraint on the Colombia-Venezuela Border / Harold A. Trinkunas

Northbound "Threats" at the U.S.-Mexico Border : What is Crossing Today, and Why? / Adam Isacson

Illicit Americas : Historical Dynamics of Smuggling in U.S. Relations with its Neighbors / Peter Andreas

The Colombian FARC in Northern Ecuador : Borderline and Borderland Dynamics / Maiah Jaskoski

Making Sense of Borders : Global Circulations and the Rule of Law at the Iguazu Triangle / Jose Carlos G. Aguiar

Conclusions / Maiah Jaskoski, Arturo C. Sotomayor, and Harold A. Trinkunas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421418308

1421418304

OCLC:

911004550