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9780816528721: Human Rights Along the U.S. Mexico Border: Gendered Violence and Insecurity
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ISBN 10: 0816528721 ISBN 13: 9780816528721
Editorial: University of Arizona Press, 2009

Sinopsis

Much political oratory has been devoted to safeguarding America's boundary with Mexico, but policies that militarize the border and criminalize immigrants have overshadowed the region's widespread violence against women, the increase in crossing deaths, and the lingering poverty that spurs people to set out on dangerous northward treks. This book addresses those concerns by focusing on gender-based violence, security, and human rights from the perspective of women who live with both violence and poverty. From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, scholars from both sides of the 2,000-mile border reflect expertise in disciplines ranging from international relations to criminal justice, conveying a more complex picture of the region than that presented in other studies. Initial chapters offer an overview of routine sexual assaults on women migrants, the harassment of Central American immigrants at the hands of authorities and residents, corruption and counterfeiting along the border, and near-death experiences of border crossers. Subsequent chapters then connect analysis with solutions in the form of institutional change, social movement activism, policy reform, and the spread of international norms that respect human rights as well as good governance. These chapters show how all facets of the border situationglobalization, NAFTA, economic inequality, organized crime, political corruption, rampant patriarchypromote gendered violence and other expressions of hyper-masculinity. They also show that U.S. immigration policy exacerbates the problems of border violence?in marked contrast to the border policies of European countries. By focusing on women's everyday experiences in order to understand human security issues, these contributions offer broad-based alternative approaches and solutions that address everyday violence and inattention to public safety, inequalities, poverty, and human rights. And by presenting a social and democratic international feminist framework to address these issues, they offer the opportunity to transform today's security debate in constructive ways.

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Críticas

"This book is a fascinating, if horrifying, look at border violence and the many reasons it is flourishing, including the well-intentioned but frequently misguided policies of the United States government. I'm transfixed by its depiction of a topsy-turvy world where the immigrants are the heroes and the officials who pass and try to administer inhumane laws to please their xenophobic constituencies are the villains. This book makes a powerful statement about how insecure our newfound emphasis on homeland security is making all of us." --Susan Tiano, author of Patriarchy on the Line: Labor, Gender, and Ideology in the Mexican Maquila Industry This book is a fascinating, if horrifying, look at border violence and the many reasons it is flourishing, including the well-intentioned but frequently misguided policies of the United States government. I m transfixed by its depiction of a topsy-turvy world where the immigrants are the heroes and the officials who pass and try to administer inhumane laws to please their xenophobic constituencies are the villains. This book makes a powerful statement about how insecure our newfound emphasis on homeland security is making all of us. Susan Tiano, author of Patriarchy on the Line: Labor, Gender, and Ideology in the Mexican Maquila Industry"

Reseña del editor

Much political oratory has been devoted to safeguarding America's boundary with Mexico, but policies that militarize the border and criminalize immigrants have overshadowed the region's widespread violence against women, the increase in crossing deaths, and the lingering poverty that spurs people to set out on dangerous northward treks. This book addresses those concerns by focusing on gender-based violence, security, and human rights from the perspective of women who live with both violence and poverty. From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, scholars from both sides of the 2,000-mile border reflect expertise in disciplines ranging from international relations to criminal justice, conveying a more complex picture of the region than that presented in other studies. Initial chapters offer an overview of routine sexual assaults on women migrants, the harassment of Central American immigrants at the hands of authorities and residents, corruption and counterfeiting along the border, and near-death experiences of border crossers. Subsequent chapters then connect analysis with solutions in the form of institutional change, social movement activism, policy reform, and the spread of international norms that respect human rights as well as good governance. These chapters show how all facets of the border situationglobalization, NAFTA, economic inequality, organized crime, political corruption, rampant patriarchypromote gendered violence and other expressions of hyper-masculinity. They also show that U.S. immigration policy exacerbates the problems of border violence?in marked contrast to the border policies of European countries. By focusing on women's everyday experiences in order to understand human security issues, these contributions offer broad-based alternative approaches and solutions that address everyday violence and inattention to public safety, inequalities, poverty, and human rights. And by presenting a social and democratic international feminist framework to address these issues, they offer the opportunity to transform today's security debate in constructive ways.

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Editorial
University of Arizona Press
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0816528721
ISBN 13 
9780816528721
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
3
Número de páginas
224
Editor
Staudt Kathleen, Payan Tony, Kruszewski Z. Anthony
Contacto del fabricante
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