The Rebordering of North America

Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context

Peter Andreas, Thomas J. Biersteker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781136727641
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Human Geography
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders are the two busiest land crossings in the world. Canada and the United States are each other's largest trading partners and Mexico is America's second largest trading partner with trade between the two nations more than tripling since the start of NAFTA. The many immediate ripple effects of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon included a dramatic tightening of North American border controls and a hardening of the policy discourse about cross-border flows. This is the first book that explores the implications of September 11th and the new war on terrorism for border controls, cross-border relations, and economic integration in North America. The volume makes a unique contribution to important scholarly and policy discussions over the meaning and management of borders in an increasingly borderless (regional and global) economy, and adds fuel to broader debates over the changing nature of borders and territorial politics in a radically transformed security environment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• 1 A TALE OF TWO BORDERS: THE U.S.-CANADA AND U.S.-MEXICO LINES AFTER 9–11
• 2 TRADING PLACES: CANADA, MEXICO, AND NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY
• 3 BORDERING ON THE IMPOSSIBLE: U.S.-MEXICO SECURITY RELATIONS AFTER 9–11
• 4 THE VIEW FROM THE ATTIC: TOWARD A GATED CONTINENTAL COMMUNITY?
• 5 CANADA IN A NEW NORTH AMERICA
• 6 THE FALSE CONUNDRUM: CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION VERSUS HOMELAND SECURITY
• 7 WHITHER NAFTA: A COMMON FRONTIER?
• 8 THE REBORDERING OF NORTH AMERICA? IMPLICATIONS FOR CONCEPTUALIZING BORDERS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• INDEX