Description
Book SynopsisA timely, transnational examination of the institutions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States that engage migrant populations in becoming agents of change for immigrant rights while holding government authorities accountable.
Trade ReviewAccountability Across Borders offers a rich set of contributions that are needed to conceptualize American 'ethnic' history beyond the borders of the United States, toward one that is transnational, multiply defined, and takes seriously the question of migration, rights, and social movements. This anthology offers up a nuanced regional perspective on immigration that is a must-read for transnational advocates, non-governmental organizations, governmental organizations, immigration scholars, and any person who is interested in taking up immigration theory, policy, and practice. * Journal of American Ethnic History *
This multidisciplinary essay collection adopts a transnational lens to examine the effects of migrant civil society, migration law, and enforcement agencies on migrants’ rights on both sides of the border in areas like employment, health, and education. The essays demonstrate that civic spaces are important not only to advocate for migrant rights in destination countries, but also to hold the governments of origin countries accountable to their nationals living abroad...With their wide-ranging approach to the study of migrant advocacy, these essays highlight the importance of examining both sides of the border.
* Latin American Research Review *
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Enforcing Rights across Borders (Shannon Gleeson and Xóchitl Bada )
- Chapter 1. Mexican Migrant Civil Society: Propositions for Discussion (Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado )
- Part I: North America
- Chapter 2. Global Governance and the Protection of Migrant Workers’ Rights in North America: In Search of a Theoretical Framework (José Ma. Serna de la Garza )
- Chapter 3. The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation and the Challenges to Protecting Low-Wage Migrant Workers (Xóchitl Bada and Shannon Gleeson )
- Part II. Mexico
- Chapter 4. Mexican Migrant Federalism and Transnational Rights Advocacy (Adriana Sletza Ortega Ramírez )
- Chapter 5. Rebuilding Justice We Can All Trust: The Plight of Migrant Victims (Ana Lorena Delgadillo, Alma García, and Rodolfo Córdova Alcaraz )
- Chapter 6. With Dual Citizenship Comes Double Exclusion: US-Mexican Children and Their Struggle to Access Rights in Mexico (Mónica Jacobo-Suárez )
- Part III. Canada
- Chapter 7. Transnational Labor Solidarity versus State-Managed Coercion: UFCW Canada, Mexico, and the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (Andrea Galvez, Pablo Godoy, and Paul Meinema )
- Chapter 8. Assembling Noncitizen Access to Education in a Sanctuary City: The Place of Public School Administrator Bordering Practices (Patricia Landolt and Luin Goldring )
- Part IV. United States
- Chapter 9. Indigenous Maya Families from Yucatán in San Francisco: Hemispheric Mobility and Pedagogies of Diaspora (Patricia Baquedano-López )
- Chapter 10. Binational Health Week: A Social Mobilization Program to Improve Latino Migrant Health (Liliana Osorio, Hilda Dávila, and Xóchitl Castañeda )
- Chapter 11. “American in Every Way, Except for Their Papers”: How Mexico Supports Migrants’ Access to Membership in the United States (Alexandra Délano Alonso )
- Epilogue: Theorizing State-Society Relations in a Multiscalar Context (Shannon Gleeson and Xóchitl Bada )
- Editors and Contributors
- Index
