LEADER 04085nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910969847103321 005 20251117091421.0 010 $a1-299-19167-3 010 $a0-8165-0839-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000054646 035 $a(EBL)3411748 035 $a(OCoLC)763156338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11329790 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10526898 035 $a(PQKB)11404339 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411748 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411748 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10497619 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL450417 035 $a(BIP)46465753 035 $a(BIP)32506633 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000054646 100 $a20101105d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe borders of inequality $ewhere wealth and poverty collide /$fI?n?igo More? ; translated by Lyn Dominguez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTucson $cUniversity of Arizona Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (189 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8165-2932-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aRecently 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. 606 $aEmigration and immigration$xEconomic aspects 606 $aImmigrants$xEconomic conditions 606 $aBorderlands$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEmigration and immigration$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aImmigrants$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aBorderlands$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a320.1/2 700 $aMore? Marti?nez$b I?n?igo$01870422 701 $aDominguez$b Lyn$01870423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969847103321 996 $aThe borders of inequality$94478883 997 $aUNINA