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Fronteras No Mastreats the U.S.-Mexico border as an opportune space in which residents address their common interests in a clean environment, better wages and trade, and respect for human rights. Since NAFTA, more transnational institutions and policies have emerged, facilitating the growth of civil society, such as community-based and nonprofit organizations. Yet cross-border organizing remains a challenging and complex version of local politics: residents live and work within a region of vast economic equalities and markedly different governments. The authors offer a civic blueprint on ways to enhance cooperation, given the continuing interdependence of this North American space at the border.Staudt, Kathleen A. is the author of 'Fronteras No Mas Toward Social Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border', published 2002 under ISBN 9780312239398 and ISBN 0312239394.
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