Crockford, Susannah (2017) Why building a wall on the US-Mexico border is a symbolic monument, not sensible immigration policy. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (21 Feb 2017). Website.
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Abstract
One of Donald Trump’s signature policies is to “build a wall” in order to better secure the border with Mexico. Susannah Crockford has spent nearly two years in Arizona conducting an ethnographic study; many in the area feel that constructing the wall is unnecessary. She writes that the real function of the wall is not to keep people out, but to serve as a symbol to mostly white, ageing conservatives, that President Trump will keep them safe.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science © CC BY-NC 3.0 |
| Divisions: | Anthropology |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2017 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 15:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69742 |
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