{"product_id":"run-for-the-border-vice-and-virtue-in-u-s-mexico-border-crossings-hardback-9780814789520","title":"Run for the Border; Vice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings (Hardback) 9780814789520","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRun for the Border\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven W. Bender (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814789520\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e233 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis engaging, entertaining, and educational 14-chapter book is a call to action for all to work on improving cross-border cooperation. Recommended for all readership levels. (CHOICE) [O]ne insight that is clearly articulated throughout this work is that the decisions that our governments make, whether unilaterally or cooperatively, have direct and critically important impact on their constituents. - David Hatten (clcjbooks) \"No doubt, borders are incredibly fascinating. And if you want a pleasant way to understand the multitude of factors driving the enormous legal and illicit traffic across the U.S.-Mexico border, then Run for the Border is the book for you. Benders detailed and nuanced review of the U.S.-Mexican border, its history and its complexity, is invaluable. It presents a very readable collection of historic to very modern examples demonstrating why people move goods and themselves in both directions. Benders rich analysis gives us the tools to understand what is wrongand occasionally right--with our trade, immigration and drug policies. In reviewing immigration reform and drug legalization Steve Bender makes some sober and some surprising policy suggestions. Run for the Border takes common U.S. border mythology and smashes it to pieces. What is left after reading this very interesting and compelling book is a much richer understanding of the U.S.-Mexico border. It uses history and modern cultural references to show what the border is and does. We also learn how and why people, legally and otherwise, have crossed goods and themselves over it for the past 150 years. Bender reveals the complexity of border traffic and shows us, strand by strand, how it works. Along the way, he also exposes the unfortunate fog of myths, stereotypes, and rank racism that have obscured our understanding of the border and the people who cross it. Run for the Borders fact-based approach gets us well beyond the din of the intense and sometimes bitter debate over immigration and drug policies. - Raymond C. Caballero,former mayor of El Paso, TX \"Benders account offers an important corrective to the idea that there is any single narrative that ought to drive the complex debate on immigration policy. With a series of graphic illustrations Bender explodes many of the myths about immigration and tells the complicated interlocking series of stories that have colored our understanding of the relationship this country has had with Mexico and which Mexico has had with us. It is an important and valuable contribution to the increasingly vituperative political debate on how to manage the border. - Gerald Torres,author of The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexico and\u003cbr\u003e the United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently provides\u003cbr\u003e the United States with cheap labor, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders,\u003cbr\u003e a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican laborers the American\u003cbr\u003e dream: the possibility of a better livelihood through hard work. To supply each\u003cbr\u003e other's demands, Americans and Mexicans have to cross their shared border from\u003cbr\u003e both sides. Despite this relationship, U.S. immigration reform debates tend to\u003cbr\u003e be security-focused and center on the idea of menacing\u003cbr\u003e Mexicans heading north to steal abundant American resources. Further, Congress\u003cbr\u003e tends to approach reform unilaterally, without engaging with Mexico or other\u003cbr\u003e feeder countries, and, disturbingly, without acknowledging problematic southern\u003cbr\u003e crossings that Americans routinely make into Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e In Run for the Border, Steven W. Bender\u003cbr\u003e offers a framework for a more comprehensive border policy through a historical\u003cbr\u003e analysis of border crossings, both Mexico to U.S. and U.S. to Mexico. In contrast\u003cbr\u003e to recent reform proposals, this book urges reform as the product of\u003cbr\u003e negotiation and implementation by cross-border accord; reform that honors the\u003cbr\u003e shared economic and cultural legacy of the U.S. and Mexico. Covering everything\u003cbr\u003e from the history of Anglo crossings into Mexico to escape law authorities, to\u003cbr\u003e vice tourism and retirement in Mexico, to today's focus on Mexican\u003cbr\u003e border-crossing immigrants and drug traffickers, Bender takes lessons from the\u003cbr\u003e past 150 years to argue for more explicit and compassionate cross-border\u003cbr\u003e cooperation. \u003cbr\u003e Steeped in\u003cbr\u003e several disciplines, Run for the Border\u003cbr\u003e is a blend of historical, cultural, and legal perspectives, as well as those\u003cbr\u003e from literature and cinema, that reflect Bender's cultural background and legal\u003cbr\u003e expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52569979945240,"sku":"9780814789520","price":32.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/run-for-the-border-vice-and-virtue-in-u-s-mexico-border-crossings-hardback-9780814789520","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}