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La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México
Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2014 Both the official and the academic discourse argue that migrant smuggling along the border between Mexico and the United States is an increasingly complex and lucrative business that requires the operation of extensive networks with ties to organized ...
Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Abstract Comment on ‘On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention’ by Paolo Heywood and Thomas ...
Andrew Shryock
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Rekayasa, 2023 The conditions of vulnerability and potential security threats in the sea area of the southern part of Java Island and the level of ability of elements operating in the area are still inadequate both in quality and quantity.
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Crossing America’s Borders: Chinese Immigrants in the Southwesterns of the 1920s and 1930s [PDF]
, 2017 Today, when we think of the film Western, we think of a genre dominated by Anglo-American heroes conquering the various struggles and obstacles that the nineteenth-century frontier presented to settlers and gunslingers alike—from the daunting terrain and
Gates, Philippa
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Russia is consistently a top migration destination. While most migrate to Russia from other post‐Soviet countries, a small but highly visible group of the Russian‐speaking diaspora has returned from Europe and North America. Lauded in Russian media as ‘ideological migrants’, their narratives at first glance echo those of the state as they claim to flee
Lauren Woodard
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Broken Borders, Broken Laws: Aligning Crime and Punishment Under Section 2L1.1(b)(7) of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines [PDF]
, 2011 Despite the intensifying militarization of the United States’ borders, roughly 4,000 undocumented immigrants attempt to cross into the U.S. each day. Increased border security has not stopped the flow; rather, it has diverted migrants’ journeys into the ...
Quinn, Genevieve
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Rebel, Traitor, Sailor, Spy: The Social Figure of the Smuggler in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain
L'Atelier du CRHSmuggling was a common practice in eighteenth-century Britain and British governments tried to prevent it with an increasing arsenal of penal statutes. Beyond the practice of smuggling, however, it was much debated as evidence of deeper problems.
Hannes Ziegler
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Human Trafficking in Europe: An Economic Perspective [PDF]
, 2004 Based on a document originally prepared for the Eleventh Economic Forum of the Organization for Economic Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Prague between 20-23 May 2003.
InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work +1 more
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