From "thin" to "thick" (and back again?): The politics and policies of the contemporary US-Canada border

American Review of Canadian Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-351

  Ackleson, Jason ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

border security; trade; US Canada border

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; REGIONAL SECURITY;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958071273     PISSN: 02722011     EISSN: 19439954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02722010903319061     Document Type: Article

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