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Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Paso del Norte Metropolitan Region

By Kathleen Staudt , Julia E. Monárrez Fragoso , César M. Fuentes

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230100325, 9780230100329
LCC
JV6565 .C58 2010
Google Books ID
WQnaQgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24040250M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16894590 bytes)
Pages
273\273
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

At the center of the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, a sprawling transnational urban space has mushroomed into a metropolitan region with over two million people whose livelihoods depend on global manufacturing, cross-border trade, and border control jobs.  Our volume advances knowledge on urban space, gender, education, security, and work, focusing on Ciudad Ju?rez, the export-processing (maquiladora) manufacturing capital of the Americas and the infamous site of femicide and outlier murder rates connected with arms and drug trafficking.  Given global economic trends, this transnational urban region is a likely paradigmatic future for other world regions.

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