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dc.contributor.authorLusk, Mark-
dc.contributor.editorKathleen Staudt-
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-14T06:52:23Z-
dc.date.available2018-11-14T06:52:23Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.isbn978-94-007-4150-8-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/20812-
dc.descriptionThe US-Mexico border region is a distinct geographic, economic, cultural, and social area that is affected by systematic social and economic injustice. This is evidenced by social and economic problems that are apparent throughout the region, including poverty, health disparities, social inequities, and low-wage assembly, service, and agricultural employment. The endemic poverty coexists with institutional racism, gender violence, and structural violence. The area, while populatedby resilient families andcommunitiesthat have confrontedgovernmental neglect and social isolation, is at the periphery of the American economy. In this chapter,we providean overviewof the challenges in the US-Mexico borderregion, drawing on conceptual frameworks that address relative power and powerlessness in center-periphery relations. During both historical and contemporary eras, the border zone relates to the capital cities of both Washington, D.C., and Mexico City as a colonized periphery. First, however, we examine social justice from various disciplinary perspectives,groundedat the border-
dc.languageenen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectSocial Justiceen_US
dc.titleSocial Justice in the U.S.-Mexico Border Regionen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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