Social Justice in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lusk, Mark (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Staudt, Kathleen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Moya, Eva (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Political science.; Sociology.; Emigration and immigration.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Migration.; Political Science.

The U.S.-Mexico Border Region is among the poorest geographical areas in the United States. The region has been long characterized by dual development, poor infrastructure, weak schools, health disparities and low-wage employment. More recently, the region has been affected by the violence associate...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section I. Introduction and Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 1. Social Justice in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region: A Conceptual Framework; Mark Lusk, Kathleen Staudt, & Eva Moya
• Section II. Critical Perspectives on the Border Region
• Chapter 2. Political Economy and Social Justice in the US Mexico Border Region; Josiah Heyman.-  Chapter 3. The Violence of Citizenship on the U.S.-Mexico Border: How Citizenship Creates Exclusion and Inclusion; Tony Payan
• 4. Women, Gender and Violence in La Frontera; Kathleen Staudt
• Chapter 5. A Theological Perspective on Social Justice in the U.S
• Mexico Border Region; John Stowe
• Section III. Problems and Opportunities on the U.S. - Mexico Border
• Chapter 6. Housing, Colonias and Social Justice on the Border; Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri
• Chapter 7. Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice; Nuria Homedes
• Chapter 8. Mental Health Disparities and Social Justice; Griselda Villalobos & Arthur Islas.- Chapter 9. Border Health: Health Inequities, Social Determinants and the Case of Tuberculosis and HIV; Eva Moya, Oralia Loza & Mark Lusk.- Chapter 10. Environmental Injustice in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region; Sarah E. Grineski & Patricia Juarez
• Chapter 11. Migration and Discrimination: The Social Condition of Mexican Migrants who are Repatriated to Ciudad Juárez; Irasema Coronado & Héctor Padilla
• Section IV - Moving Forward: Steps in Achieving Border Justice
• Chapter 12. Education Policies: Standardized Testing, English-Language Learners, and Border Futures; Pauline Dow & Kathleen Staudt.-Chapter 13. Border Challenges and Ethnic Struggles for Social Justice: Latina/o Communities under Siege; Rosalía Solórzano Torres
• Chapter 14. Social Justice in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region: Implications for Policy and Practice; Mark Lusk, Kathleen Staudt & Eva Moya
• Afterword; Monsignor Arturo Bañuelas.