The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-US Migration [Elektronisk resurs] Both Sides of the Border / Edited by Edward Ashbee, Helene Balslev Clausen, Carl Pedersen.

• 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, Maria Adela Angoa Perez & 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 - Cristobal Mendoza * Changing Representations of the Border - Mario Alberto Velazquez * 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 Moller * Migrants, Votes, and the 2006 Mexican Presidential Elections - Helene Balslev Clausen & Mario Alberto Velazquez * Sovereignty along el Rio Bravo / the Rio Grande: Changes in US Immigration Law and Mexican Foreign Relations Law - Ernesto Hernandez-Lopez.

• This collection offers multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary evaluations of the changing character of the US-Mexican border region and the broader impact of the migration process. These essays survey cultural representations of the border and the contemporary migrant, consider different public policy proposals, and assess the economic consequences of migration. 

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Politics and Government.  (eflch)

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