Border Games by Peter Andreas - 9781501765780

Border GamesThe Politics of Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide\nAuthor(s): Peter Andreas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501765780, 978-1501765780\nSynopsis\nIn this third edition of Border Games, Peter Andreas charts the rise and transformation in policing the flow of drugs and migrants across the US-Mexico border. Recent border crackdowns and wall-building campaigns, he argues, are not unprecedented. Rather, they are the outcome of an escalatory dynamic already in motionbut now played out on a far bigger stage, with higher stakes, and in new security and political contexts. \n\n Focusing on the power of symbolic politics and policy feedback effects, Andreas traces the logic behind such buildup. Border policing is an attractive political mechanism for handling the often unintended consequences of past policy choices, signaling a commitment to territorial integrity and projecting an image of territor.