GEOG 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Electoral Geography, European Debt Crisis, J. P. Dutta
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Borders are closely linked with the governance of states, their international relations, and the make-up of their populations. Focus on either the us-mexican or the canada-us border. Us-mexico border: created the new wall. Keep out unwanted immigrants entering the u. s from mexico. Expands through the whole arizona, mexico border. Function of the border: economy: tolls, culture, mobility: migration, visa, checkpoints, geopolitical: interactions with other states, security: after 9/11, prevent crimes, terrorism, threats. After 9/11, more security in the u. s borders, both canada and mexico. Before: no fortified borders, no private property, unified countries. During the cold war, first borders were created to protect canada and the us. In 1970-1980 many undocumented migrants entered the us, start of fortified borders: colonial border, national border, frontier border, anti-immigration border, geopolitical border, security border, canada prides itself on being a multicultural society. How has this changed, and are there still effects of earlier policies in the definition of who is.
