SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER REGION by Mark Lusk (Editor), Kathleen Staudt (Editor), Eva Moya (Editor) ( 9789400793705 )

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Title:

SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER REGION

By:

Mark Lusk (Editor), Kathleen Staudt (Editor), Eva Moya (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

9400793707

ISBN 13:

9789400793705

Publisher:

SPRINGER

Pub. date:

18 July, 2014

Edition:

2012 ed.

Pages:

288

Description:

This book provides a better understanding of life in this region. It examines a variety of examples of injustice and proposes a pathway to development.

Synopsis:

The U.S.-Mexico Border Region is among the poorest geographical areas in the United States. The region has been long characterized by dual development, poor infrastructure, weak schools, health disparities and low-wage employment. More recently, the region has been affected by the violence associated with a drug and crime war in Mexico. The premise of this book is that the U.S.-Mexico Border Region is subject to systematic oppression and that the so-called social pathologies that we see in the region are by-products of social and economic injustice in the form of labor exploitation, environmental racism, immigration militarism, institutional sexism and discrimination, health inequities, a political economy based on low-wage labor, and the globalization of labor and capital. The chapters address a variety of examples of injustice in the areas of environment, health disparity, migration unemployment, citizenship, women and gender violence, mental health, and drug violence. The book proposes a pathway to development.

Illustrations:

XII, 288 p.

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Springer

Returns:

Returnable

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