The Borders of Inequality: Where Wealth and Poverty Collide

by Íñigo More, Lyn Domínguez, Íñigo More

Recently U.S. media, policymakers, and commentators of all stripes have been preoccupied with the nation€™s border with Mexico. Airwaves, websites, and blogs are filled with concerns over border illegal immigrants, drug wars, narcotics trafficking, and “securing the border.€ While this is a valid conversation, it€™s rarely contrasted with the other U.S. border, with Canada— still the longest unguarded border on Earth. In this fascinating book, originally published in Spain to much acclaim, researcher øñigo Moré looks at the bigger picture. With a professionally trained eye, he examines the world€™s “top twenty most unequal borders.€ What he finds is that many of these border situations share similar characteristics. There is always illegal immigration from the poor country to the wealthy one. There is always trafficking in illegal substances. And the unequal neighbors usually regard each other with suspicion or even ope

192 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2011