Event Title
The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: An Update
Description
North America is pulled in two different directions: reaffirmation of the nation-state, with implications for border controls, or the inevitability of globalization with its particular meaning for border flows. Twenty years after NAFTA, the three countries of North America have failed to take advantage of a unique historical opportunity to move the status of borders from lines of defense and opposition to lines of encounter and institutionalized cooperation. Border structures are ever more rigid; vested interests in border closing still growing; and political leadership lacking. Overlooked are the lives of tens of millions of people who have had their economic prosperity curtailed, mobility truncated, and sense of security upset by unprecedented deployment of technology and force, both of which are channeled into controlling rather than efficiently managing our borders.
About the Lecturer: Tony Payan, PhD, Political Science professor at University of Texas, El Paso
Document Type
Event
Start Date
22-5-2014 12:00 PM
End Date
22-5-2014 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Border security--North America; Undocumented immigrants--North America; International cooperation
Geographic Coverage
Mexican-American Border Region; Canadian-American Border Region
Type
Moving image
Keywords
U.S.-Mexico border, Border controls, Border flows
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: An Update
Fairhaven College Auditorium
North America is pulled in two different directions: reaffirmation of the nation-state, with implications for border controls, or the inevitability of globalization with its particular meaning for border flows. Twenty years after NAFTA, the three countries of North America have failed to take advantage of a unique historical opportunity to move the status of borders from lines of defense and opposition to lines of encounter and institutionalized cooperation. Border structures are ever more rigid; vested interests in border closing still growing; and political leadership lacking. Overlooked are the lives of tens of millions of people who have had their economic prosperity curtailed, mobility truncated, and sense of security upset by unprecedented deployment of technology and force, both of which are channeled into controlling rather than efficiently managing our borders.
About the Lecturer: Tony Payan, PhD, Political Science professor at University of Texas, El Paso
