TY - BOOK ID - 118081597 TI - Border games : the politics of policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide PY - 2022 SN - 9781501765803 9781501765797 1501765787 1501765809 1501765779 1501765795 PB - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Border patrols KW - Boundary patrols KW - Frontier patrols KW - Surveillance by border patrols KW - Police KW - United States KW - Mexico KW - Mexican-American Border Region KW - Boundaries KW - Economic conditions. KW - policing the flow of drugs and migrants across the us mexico border, border policing, us mexico border politics, border control, trump border policy. KW - E-books KW - Boundaries. KW - Drug control KW - Noncitizens KW - Smuggling KW - Illegal immigration KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118081597 AB - This third edition charts the rise and transformation in policing the flow of drugs and migrants across the US-Mexico border. Recent border crackdowns and wall-building campaigns, the book argues, are not unprecedented. Rather, they are the outcome of an escalatory dynamic already in motion-but now played out on a far bigger stage, with higher stakes, and in new security and political contexts. Focusing on the power of symbolic politics and policy feedback effects, the book traces the logic behind such build up. Border policing is an attractive political mechanism for handling the often unintended consequences of past policy choices, signaling a commitment to territorial integrity and projecting an image of territorial authority. Yet its negative aftermath is not only frequently glossed over; it also fuels further escalation. ER -