Mike Slaven

Securing Borders, Securing Power

The Rise and Decline of Arizona's Border Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tracing how the issue of unauthorized migration consumed Arizona state politics from 2003 to 2010, this book provides new perspective on why policy makers adopt hard-line views on immigration and how this trend can be turned back. Mike Slaven presents an insider account, weaving a compelling narrative of power struggles and political battles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 227mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780231203777
• ISBN-10: 0231203772
• Artikelnr.: 63264826

Autorenporträt

Mike Slaven is senior lecturer in international politics at the University of Lincoln. He was previously a speechwriter for the U.S. secretary of homeland security and the governor of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Arizona and the Rise of Populist Border-Security Politics
1. A Border Emergency Is Born
2. Securing Victory
3. The Toughest Measure
4. A Line in the Sand
5. The Political Game of Security on the Arizona Border: Party Competition,
Populism, and Countersecuritization
6. Appraising Arizona: Possibilities for Immigration Politics
Appendix: Methodology
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index