The author assesses the politics of different humanitarian interventions in the Mexico-US border region developing a unique perspective on the significance of people, places and things to contemporary border struggles. "The book is well written, accessible, and engaging, and the author discusses the contested politics of mobility and the motivations behind humanitarian responses of activists. The book is a significant contribution to the critical border, migration, and politics of humanitarianism bodies of literature. Highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students and policy makers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above." (I. Coronado, Choice, Vol. 53 (7), March, 2016) Biografía del autor Vicki Squire is Associate Professor of International Security at the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS), University of Warwick, UK. She is author of The Exclusionary Politics of Asylum (2009), editor of The Contested Politics of Mobility (2011), and Associate Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies.
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- Editorial: Vintage
- Autor: Squire, V
