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Why Border Enforcement Backfired

Why Border Enforcement Backfired

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Why Border Enforcement Backfired

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Full title

Why Border Enforcement Backfired

Publisher

United States: University of Chicago Press

Journal title

The American journal of sociology, 2016-03, Vol.121 (5), p.1557-1600

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: University of Chicago Press

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Contents

In this article the authors undertake a systematic analysis of why border enforcement backfired as a strategy of immigration control in the United States. They argue theoretically that border enforcement emerged as a policy response to a moral panic about the perceived threat of Latino immigration to the United States propounded by self-interested...

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Why Border Enforcement Backfired

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5049707

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5049707

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ISSN

0002-9602

E-ISSN

1537-5390

DOI

10.1086/684200

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