The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-Us Migration

Both Sides of the Border
Herausgeber: Ashbee, E.; Pedersen, C.; Clausen, H.

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Produktbeschreibung

Images and accounts of the Mexican - US migration process and the border region abound. Representations of border crossers, plans for the construction of a security fence, the shifting economic relationship between the US and its southern neighbors, and the changing character of the Rio Grande area have played a pivotal role in shaping contemporary political discourse. The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-US Migration, which has attracted contributors from four different countries, offers multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary evaluations of these developments. It also considers the impact of migration in both the US and Mexico. Some of the contributions are case-studies, while others have a broad 'survey' character. All place the current debate about migration and the changing nature of the north American continent within its wider context in a way that is of relevance and interest to both the specialist and the more general reader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan / Palgrave Macmillan
• 2007 edition
• Seitenzahl: 323
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781349540204
• ISBN-10: 134954020X
• Artikelnr.: 45076587

Autorenporträt

Edward Ashbee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Edward Ashbee, Helene Balslev Clausen& Carl Pedersen *  PART I: AMERICAN IDENTITIES * Somos Americanos : Mexican Immigration and US National Identity in the Twenty
first Century
Carl Pedersen * Mexican Mestiz Identity in the Twenty
first Century
Helene Balslev Clausen * PART II: CAPITAL AND LABOR * The Other Side of the Migration Story: Mexican Women in the US
Silvia E. Giorguli Saucedo, María Adela Angoa Pérez& Selene Gaspar Olvera * From Precarious, Low
Paying Jobs in Mexico to Precarious, Low
Paying Jobs in the United States
Elaine Levine * Sending Money Home: The Dynamics of Mexico
US Remittances
Mario Villarreal & Megan Davy * The Impact of NAFTA on the Mexican
US Border Region
Elena Labastida
Tovar * Transnational Social Networks and International Trade
Magdalena Barros Nock * PART III: THE BORDER REGION * Beyond Border Crossing and Soulless Places: The Role of Mexico's Northern Border Cities in the Construction of Transnational Social Spaces
Cristóbal Mendoza * Changing Representations of the Border
Mario Alberto Velázquez * Boundaries in Border Films: The Other as "Our" Redemption
Jan Gustafsson * Baldwin Park, Historical Narratives, and American Identities
Anne Magnussen * Textual Representations of the Border and Border
Crossers: Constructing Latino Enemies in The New York Times
Ken Henriksen * Mexican Immigration and the Question of Identity in the United States
Raphael Gomez * PART IV: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY * Immigration and the 2006 US Mid
Term Elections
Edward Ashbee * Immigration, Social Policy, and Politics in the US
Alex Waddan * From the Margin to the Middle?: The Origin, Transformation, and Direction of the Minutemen
Pia Møller * Migrants, Votes, and the 2006 Mexican Presidential Elections
Helene Balslev Clausen & Mario Alberto Velázquez * Sovereignty along el Río Bravo / the Rio Grande: Changes in US Immigration Law and Mexican Foreign Relations Law
Ernesto Hernández
López