Readings

Links to .pdf files of all assigned readings for the Border Issues seminar.

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Week One Readings: The Seminar

Kahn, Michael. "The Seminar" Unpublished Paper.

Week Two Readings: Immigration Economics

Bustamante, Jorge A. "Mexican Immigration and Social Relations of Capitalism." 1994.
Chandler, Simon "The Migration of the Maquiladoras" Annunciation House Newsletter. Winter 2003.
"Economic Overview--El Paso/Cd. Juarez Border Region - Maquiladora Program"
Nathan, Debbie. "Death Comes to Maquilas: A Border Story" The Nation. January 1997.
Lakoff, Georg and Ferguson, Sam. "The Framing of Immigration" Rockridge Institute; 2006.
Wise, Raul Delgado and Cypher, James M. "The Strategic Role of Mexican Labor Under NAFTA: Critical Perspectives on Current Economic Integration" The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 610, No. 1, 119-142 (2007).
"Results and Implications of the Minuteman Project" Field Report Submitted to the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. May 19, 2005.

Week Three Readings: Immigration: Politics

American Immigration Law Foundation (2005). "Fencing in Failure: Effective Border Control is Not Achieved by Building More Fences." Immigration Policy in Focus.

Massey, Douglas S. Ph.D. "Five Myths About Immigration: Common Misconceptions Underlying U.S. Border-Enforcement Policy" Immigration Policy in Focus. Vol. 4 Issue 6; August 2005.
Jacoby, Tamar. "Immigration Nation" Foreign Affairs. November/December 2006.
Bustamante, Jorge A. "Mexico United States Labor Migration Flows" International Migration Review, Vol. 31 No. 4 Special Issue: Immigrant Adaptation and Native-Born Responses in the Making of Americans. Winter 1997; pp. 1112-1121.

Week Four Readings: Immigration: Theology

Bishops of Mexico & the U.S. (2003). "Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope."
Center for Social Concerns (2004). "An Introduction to the Principles of Catholic Social Thought."
Chapla, Shannon (2005). "Film uncovers emotional, spiritual challenges of illegal immigrants." University of Notre Dame: News and Information.
Groody, Fr. Daniel. "A God of Life: A Civilization of Love." Globalization, Spirituality and Justice Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, Spring 2007.
Groody, Fr. Daniel. (2004) "A Theology of Immigration." Notre Dame Magazine.

Citation: Smedley, C. T. (2009, January 29). Readings. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/center-for-social-concerns/border-issues-seminar/course-readings.