Beyond the Border - 9780773541313

Beyond the BorderTensions Across the Forty-ninth Parallel in the Great Plains and Prairies\nAuthor(s): Kyle Conway, Timothy Pasch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780773541313, 978-0773541313\nSynopsis\nThe idea that the American Great Plains and the Canadian Prairies are just \""fly-over\"" country is a mistake. In the post-9/11 era, politicians and policy-makers are paying more attention to the region, especially where border enforcement is concerned. Beyond the Border provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the region's increasing importance. Drawing inspiration from Habermas's observation that certain modern phenomena - from ecological degradation and organized crime to increased capital mobility - challenge a state's ability to retain sovereignty over a fixed geographical region, contributors to this book question the ontological status of the Canada-US border. They look at how entertainm.