Exclusion and forced migration in central America : no more walls

Abstract

Contents: Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Methodology; Organization of the Chapters; 2 'Flight, Not Travel': War, Dispossession and Migration; Introduction; From War to Migration: A Glimpse from Ixcán, Guatemala; Migrations as a Structural Dimension of Central American Societies; Of Neoliberal Promises and Counterinsurgency: Plan Puebla-Panama, Plan Colombia and the Merida Initiative; Conclusions Contents: 3 'Death Drop by Drop Neither Hurts Nor Angers Official Circles': The Securitization of MigrationsIntroduction; Crossing Mexico; The Escalation of Border Control; Securitization and Law Enforcement; Conclusions; 4 'What Have We Done?' 'Well, Everything and Nothing': The Shelter Experience; Introduction; Challenging the Sealing of the Southern Border; 'What Did We Do? Well, Nothing and Everything'; Surpassing Victimization; Conclusions; 5 Conclusion: Resources of Hope; References; Index.