Fronteras No Mas

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Toward Social Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 1-18

3. Collaboration at Borders: The Two Faces of Personalism

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 19-38

4. Political Institutions, NGOs, and Accountability in the Borderlands

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 39-66

5. Institutional Shrouds: National Sovereignty and Environmental NGOs

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 67-105

6. Cross-Border Trade: An Institutional Model for Labor Unions and NGOs?

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 107-132

7. Human Rights and Human Wrongs

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 133-165

8. Conclusions: Toward Social Justice in the North American Community

   • Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado

   Pages 167-175

9. Back Matter

   Pages 177-204

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Fronteras No Mas examines the range of officials, non-government organizations, networks and remaining organizational vacuums that span the U.S. - Mexico border. Since NAFTA, more binational institutions and policies have emerged around the environment, business, and the labor force. This 'institutional shroud' facilitates the growth of civil society, yet cross-border organizing remains a challenging and complex version of local politics. Residents live and work within a region of vast economic inequalities and markedly different governments. The authors offer a civic blueprint on ways to enhance cooperation, given the almost certain future of increased interdependence in this North American space.

• employment
• government
• human rights
• immigration
• Institution
• interdependence
• migration
• Policy
• politics
• social justice
• society
• work

'...an interesting book about cross-border cooperation, networks, and organizations at the US-Mexican border.' - P.Vila, Choice

KATHLEEN STAUDT is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Texas El Paso. She is the author of ten books including Free Trade? Informal Economies at the U.S. - Mexico Border (Temple University Press, 1998).

IRASEMA CORONADO is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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