Pushing the boundary: State restructuring, state theory, and the case of U.S.-Mexico border enforcement in the 1990s

Political Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-235

  Purcell, Mark ^a   Nevins, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Political economy; State restructuring; U.S. Mexico boundary

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; SECURITY THREAT; STATE ROLE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13444274613     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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