{"product_id":"american-crossings-9781421418308","title":"American Crossings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn summer 2014, US agencies responsible for the border with Mexico were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America. Unprepared to address this unexpected kind of migrant, the US government deployed troops to carry out a new border mission. This book offers an insight on this event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Crossings intelligently considers why Latin America is a region substantially at peace with itself. Foreign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Borders in the Americas: Theories and Realities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Geopolitics of Borders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Borders, Rivalries, and the Racketeer State: An Alternative Theory to State Development in Latin America\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Legalizing and Judicializing Territorial and Maritime Border Disputes in Latin America: Causes and Unintended Consequences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Political Learning Through a Transgovernmental Network: Resolving the Argentine-Chilean Border Dispute During the 1990s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: National Policies for Border Security and Cross-Border Trade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Regional Peace and Unintended Consequences: The Peculiar\u003cbr\u003eCase of the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Rivalry, Trade, and Restraint on the Colombia-Venezuela Border\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Northbound \"Threats\" at the United States–Mexico Border: What Is Crossing Today, and Why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Licit and Illicit Behavior by Borderland Actors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Illicit Americas: Historical Dynamics of Smuggling in the United States' Relations with Its Neighbors\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Colombian FARC in Northern Ecuador: Borderline and Borderland Dynamics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Making Sense of Borders: Global Circulations and the Rule of Law at the Iguazú Triangle\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408117539159,"sku":"9781421418308","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421418308.jpg?v=1730501648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-crossings-9781421418308","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}