{"product_id":"human-rights-along-the-us-mexico-kathleen-staudt-9780816528721","title":"Human Rights Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: Gendered Violence and Insecurity","description":"Much political oratory has been devoted to safeguarding America's boundary with Mexico, but policies that militarize the border and criminalize immigrants have overshadowed the region's widespread violence against women, the increase in crossing deaths, and the lingering poverty that spurs people to set out on dangerous northward treks. This book addresses those concerns by focusing on gender-based violence, security, and human rights from the perspective of women who live with both violence and poverty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, scholars from both sides of the 2,000-mile border reflect expertise in disciplines ranging from international relations to criminal justice, conveying a more complex picture of the region than that presented in other studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Initial chapters offer an overview of routine sexual assaults on women migrants, the harassment of Central American immigrants at the hands of authorities and residents, corruption and counterfeiting along the border, and near-death experiences of border crossers. Subsequent chapters then connect analysis with solutions in the form of institutional change, social movement activism, policy reform, and the spread of international norms that respect human rights as well as good governance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These chapters show how all facets of the border situation--globalization, NAFTA, economic inequality, organized crime, political corruption, rampant patriarchy--promote gendered violence and other expressions of hyper-masculinity. They also show that U.S. immigration policy exacerbates the problems of border violence--in marked contrast to the border policies of European countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By focusing on women's everyday experiences in order to understand human security issues, these contributions offer broad-based alternative approaches and solutions that address everyday violence and inattention to public safety, inequalities, poverty, and human rights. And by presenting a social and democratic international feminist framework to address these issues, they offer the opportunity to transform today's security debate in constructive ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Staudt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816528721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816528721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.94w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2010","brand":"Kathleen Staudt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059857584383,"sku":"9780816528721","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d33e6048-1b71-4307-834a-f8d1dba0b177.jpg?v=1685060726","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-rights-along-the-us-mexico-kathleen-staudt-9780816528721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}