| Binational Commons: Institutional Development and Governance on the U.S.-Mexico Border Contributor(s): Payan, Tony (Editor), Cruz, Pamela L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0816541051 ISBN-13: 9780816541058 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Intergovernmental Organizations - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 320.909 |
| LCCN: 2020011732 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.25 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Studying institutional development is not only about empowering communities to withstand political buccaneering; it is also about generating effective and democratic governance so that all members of a community can enjoy the benefits of social life. In the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, cross-border governance draws only sporadic--and even erratic--attention, primarily in times of crises, when governance mechanisms can no longer provide even moderately adequate solutions. This volume addresses the most pertinent binational issues and how they are dealt with by both countries. In this important and timely volume, experts tackle the important problem of cross-border governance by an examination of formal and informal institutions, networks, processes, and mechanisms. Contributors also discuss various social, political, and economic actors and agencies that make up the increasingly complex governance space that is the U.S.-Mexico border. Binational Commons focuses on whether the institutions that presently govern the U.S.-Mexico transborder space are effective in providing solutions to difficult binational problems as they manifest themselves in the borderlands. Critical for policy-making now and into the future, this volume addresses key binational issues. It explores where there are strong levels of institutional governance development, where it is failing, how governance mechanisms have evolved over time, and what can be done to improve it to meet the needs of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands in the next decades. Contributors Silvia M. Chavez-Baray Kimberly Collins Irasema Coronado Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera Pamela L. Cruz Adri n Duhalt James Gerber Manuel A. Guti rrez V ctor Daniel Jurado Flores Evan D. McCormick Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota Miriam S. Monroy Eva M. Moya Stephen Mumme Tony Payan Carla Pederzini Villarreal Sergio Pe a Octavio Rodr guez Ferreira Cecilia Sarabia R os Kathleen Staudt |
