Tensions In The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands : From Border Security To Local Insecurity (Hardcover)

Introduction??Douglas/Agua Prieta: A History??PART 1. Who Defines Security? The US Government and Non-State Actors??1. The Securitization of Immigration: A Rhetoric Built Around Myths??2. The Construction of Walls as a Standard Response to Insecurity??3. The Rise of Non-State Actors Along the U.S.-Mexico Border Shaping the Narrative Around National Security??PART 2. The Lived Realities of Border Residents??4. Anglo American Borderlanders??5. Mexican American Borderlanders??6. Mexican Borderlanders??7. Migrants??PART 3. The Paradoxes of Border Enforcement: From Federal Security to Local Insecurity? 8. Disruption of Cross-Border Mobility in an Era of Border Security??9. The Economic Costs of Border Security on Small Border Towns?10. The Migratory Journey: Fleeing Violence, Facing Violence. How US and Mexican State Violence Leads to Human Insecurity??Conclusion