Resumen

IBARRA RAMIREZ, Carlos Samuel. “Borders that Unify and Walls that Separate”: Border Crossing, Securitization, and Processes of Change along the Borders of Mexico and Brazil. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2021, vol.16, e574.  Epub 28-Abr-2023. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2021.v16.574.

This book makes a comparative analysis between the Brazilian borders and the Mexico-US border. It focuses on the processes of border securitization that have been implemented throughout recent decades that have impacted the capacity to cross borders and border flows, as well as the quality of life of the people and regions in the borderlands. Methodologically speaking, the information about these topics is based on bibliographic research and, particularly, ethnographic data emerging from the fieldwork conducted. The combination of these two methods produced a series of up-to-date reflections regarding the current state of the border dynamics in the north and south of the American continent. The conclusions demonstrate that an increase in border securitization and border crossing in both regions is related to a State that is increasingly restrictive and cautious about the Other.

Palabras llave : Border wall; flows; transborder mobility; development; xenophobia.

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