Border games
Subtitle: policing the U.S.-Mexico divide
By: Peter Andreas.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Cornell studies in political economy; Cornell studies in political economy
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780801448102; 9780801475405
Subjects: Smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region; Drug traffic -- Government policy -- United States; Illegal aliens -- Government policy -- United States; Border patrols -- Mexican-American Border Region; Boundaries; Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions; United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico; Mexico -- Boundaries -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The escalation of border policing; title: The political economy of global smuggling; title: Creating the clandestine side of the border economy; title: The escalation of drug control; title: The escalation of immigration control; title: Policing the external borders of the new Europe; title: Borders restated; title: Afterword: border games in a new security.