1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969847103321

Autore

Moré Martínez Íñigo

Titolo

The borders of inequality : where wealth and poverty collide / / Íñigo Moré ; translated by Lyn Dominguez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, c2011

ISBN

1-299-19167-3

0-8165-0839-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DominguezLyn

Disciplina

320.1/2

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Immigrants - Economic conditions

Borderlands - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1. Walls, Fences, Barriers; 2. Inequality; 3. The Anatomy of Inequality; 4. How Is a Step Built?; 5. How Can a Step Be Reduced? ; 6. Conclusion: The Step; 7. Afterword: Frontiers without Borders; Appendix: The World's Economic Step; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recently U.S. media, policymakers, and commentators of all stripes have been preoccupied with the nation's border with Mexico. Airwaves, websites, and blogs are filled with concerns over border issues: illegal immigrants, drug wars, narcotics trafficking, and "securing the border." While this is a valid conversation, it's rarely contrasted with the other U.S. border, with Canada-- still the longest unguarded border on Earth. In this fascinating book, originally published in Spain to much acclaim, researcher Inigo More looks at the bigger picture. With a professionally trained eye, he examines the world's "top twenty most unequal borders." What he finds is that many of these border situations share similar characteristics. There is always illegal immigration from the poor country to the wealthy one. There is always trafficking in illegal substances. And the unequal neighbors usually regard each other with suspicion or even open hostility. After surveying the "top twenty," More explores in depth the cases of three borders: between Germany and



Poland, Spain and Morocco, and the United States and Mexico. The core problem, he concludes, is not drugs or immigration or self-protection. Rather, the problem is inequality itself. Unequal borders result, he writes, from a skewed interaction among markets, people, and states. Using these findings, More builds a useful new framework for analyzing border dynamics from a quantitative view based on economic inequality. "The Borders of Inequality" illustrates how longstanding "multidirectional misunderstandings" can exacerbate cross-border problems--and consequent public opinion. Perpetuating these misunderstandings can inflame and complicate the situation, but purposeful efforts to reduce inequality can produce promising results.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960035803321

Autore

Gómez Mayra

Titolo

Human rights in Cuba, El Salvador, and Nicaragua : a sociological perspective on human rights abuse / / Mayra Gomez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-280-22685-4

9786610226856

0-203-48758-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Studies in international relations

Disciplina

323.044

Soggetti

Human rights - Philosophy

Human rights - Social aspects

Human rights - Cuba

Human rights - El Salvador

Human rights - Nicaragua

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter I  Introduction; Chapter II  The Idea of Rights; Chapter III  Human Rights Abuse and the Nation-State; Chapter IV  The Intersection of the State,



Civil Society and the International System; Chapter V  Theoretical Frame and Methodology; Chapter VI*  Patterns of Human Rights Violations in Cuba; Chapter VII*  Patterns of Human Rights Violations in El Salvador; Chapter VIII  Patterns of Human Rights Violations in Nicaragua; Chapter IX  Conclusions; Appendix A

Appendix BAppendix C; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a historical perspective on patterns of human rights abuse in Cuba, El Salvador and Nicaragua and incorporates international relations in to the traditional theories of state repression found within the social sciences.