Showing results for "Borders" in Social Sciences

Conducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, intended to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of “gun walking” sting operations, including Operations Wide Receiver and Operation Fast & Furious. The government allowed licensed gun dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers so that they could continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels.

Borders is a podcast about life across borders.We'll share the stories of relationships that defy borders, commuting to work between borders and moving across borders-by choice, and by no other choice. Borders have played a significant role in my life. I grew up along the Texas/Mexico border-a border my family has lived on both sides of for generations. At 18 I moved to the US/Canadian border-specifically Windsor/Detroit-two cities that still have my heart. Today, I’m living as an expat in Spain-continuing to build my life spanning borders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

Mohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, a reserve community in what is now Southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism.

The Case for Open Borders deflates the mythology of national security through border lockdowns by revisiting their historical origins; it counters the conspiracies of immigration’s economic consequences; it urgently considers the challenges of climate change beyond the boundaries of narrow national identities. This book grounds its argument in the experiences and thinking of those on the frontlines of the crisis, spanning the world to do so. In each chapter, John Washington profiles a character impacted by borders.

In Borders and Belonging, Hiroshi Motomura offers a complex and fair-minded account of immigration, its root causes, and the varying responses to it. Taking stock of the issue's complexity, while giving credence to the opinions of immigration critics, he tackles a series of important questions that, when answered, will move us closer to a more realistic and sustainable immigration policy. Motomura begins by affirming a basic concept.

Longlisted for the National Book Award Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Shortlisted for the 2025 Housatonic Book Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award in Memoir A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music...

José, a valet attendant from Monterrey, Mexico, arrives in Las Vegas with a heart full of hope and a dream of success. Leaving behind his family, he steps into the glittering city of opportunity, where fortunes are made as quickly as they’re lost. Drawn to roulette—a game of chance and calculated risk—José sees it as a reflection of his own journey. But when the pressures of survival mount, he faces a moral crossroads: a daring scheme to manipulate roulette chips that could make or break his future.

Borders are not just meaningless geographical lines. They have an impact on all of our lives, whether it's the fallout from Brexit or the inhumanity of a detention center. In Border Nation, Leah Cowan shows how borders are violent, oppressive, and must be resisted. Looking back, we learn of the elitist, colonial, and patriarchal origins of borders, explore the vital history of anti-racist, anti-border organizing and hear stories from people who have crossed partitions.

This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law.

The Border Legion is the adventure of a daring frontierswoman and the men she inspires. Joan Randle is a strong, capable woman living with her uncle in the wilds of Idaho. She likes Jim Cleve but is impatient with his laziness. After a quarrel, Jim heads to the lawless Montana border to prove himself, and a remorseful Joan tries to track him and bring him back.

Das Border Café! Das Side Projekt von Border allein! Willkommen im Border Café – deinem gemütlichen Rückzugsort für neue Perspektiven, frische Ideen und gute Vibes. Hier sprechen wir über die kleinen und großen Dinge des Alltags und zeigen dir, wie du mit einem positiven Mindset mehr Leichtigkeit und Freude in dein Leben bringen kannst.Ob es darum geht, alte Gewohnheiten aufzubrechen, deinen Alltag neu zu strukturieren oder einfach Inspiration für einen besseren Flow zu finden – Border Café liefert dir jede Woche spannende Impulse, praktische Tipps und motivierende Geschichten. ...

Audio stories about borders by the people who cross them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enormous legal cross-border flows of people, goods, and finance are embedded in the region's history and prompted by the need to respond to new opportunities and challenges that originate on the other side. In Border Economies, James Gerber examines how the interactivity and sensitivity of communities to conditions across the border differentiates them from communities in the interiors of Mexico and the United States. Gerber explains what makes the region not only unique but uniquely interesting.

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Hunting and fishing stories, tips and tricks. Border Outdoors is in the heart of the midwest; Minnesota and Wisconsin. We talk about hunting whitetails, ducks, turkeys as well as fishing walleyes, northerns, and pan fish from Lake of The Woods to Lake Winnebago. Border Outdoors... Here we come!Information at BorderOutdoors.com

Expats Beyond Borders - Meets erzählt Geschichten von Menschen, die den Schritt ins Ausland gewagt haben. Ellen, Anja und Verena sprechen mit Gästen über Ankommen, Abschied, Sprache, Routinen und Begegnungen, die prägen. Offen, echt und ohne Skript – ein Podcast für alle, die neugierig auf neue Perspektiven sind, im Ausland leben oder davon träumen. Es geht um persönliche Erfahrungen und subjektive Eindrücke, die wir und unsere Gäste gemacht haben und haben keinen Anspruch auf Allgemeingültigkeit.

A global documentary and conversation series hosted by Greg Moran — founder, investor, and author of The Adaptive Innovator — exploring what it takes to build world-changing companies far from Silicon Valley. From Pristina to Bogotá and beyond, Scaling Across Borders captures the raw stories of founders redefining what’s possible in emerging markets: rebuilding nations, creating jobs, and proving that innovation doesn’t need permission or perfect conditions to thrive. Each episode dives deep into the grit, ambition, and lessons of entrepreneurs scaling on the edge of the world’s ...

First published in 2012, Borders: A Very Short Introduction began with the premise that "we live in a very bordered world." The intervening decade has witnessed a flurry of events and developments that continue to highlight the centrality of borders in contemporary domestic and international affairs, as well as the interstices between the two....

Five Women. A Crumbling City. A Daring Flight to Freedom. August 2021. The fall of Kabul. Twenty years after they were defeated, the Taliban storms Afghanistan's capital, claiming every piece of land they pass and plunging the city into chaos. For Anjali and four other women, who were all from...

The 21st century has been an era of hardening borders-increased borderland patrols, surveillance, and militarization are widening the chasm between those who can vacation (or do business) where they please, and others whose movements are restricted by armed guards. But as journalist Todd Miller finds in Empire of Borders, the US border is also becoming increasingly fluid, expanding thousands of miles outside of US territory often to protect Washington's interests.