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Title Uncharted Terrains : New Directions in Border Research Methodology, Ethics, and Practice / edited by Anna Ochoa O'Leary, Colin M. Deeds, and Scott Whiteford
Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 301 pages)
Contents The Big Picture. Vulnerable Immigrant "Subjects" : Definitions, Disparate Power, Dilemmas, and Desired Benefits / Jessie K. Finch and Celestino Fernandez ; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly : Border Research Collaboration / Kathleen Staudt ; Dilemmas in Immigration Policy Research / Judith Gans -- The Border as an Unstable Place. On Shifting Ground : The Conundrums of Participant Observation and Multi-Actor Ethnography in Contemporary Border Research / Rocío Magaña ; Methodological Challenges and Ethical Concerns of Researching Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations : Evidence from Firsthand Experiences of Working with Unauthorized Migrants / Daniel E. Martínez, Jeremy Slack, and Prescott Vandervoet ; Entre Los Mafiosos y La Chota : Ethnography, Drug Trafficking, and Policing in the South Texas ; Mexico Borderlands / Santiago Ivan Guerra ; Shaping Public Opinion on Migration in Mexico : The Challenges of Gathering and Proving Information for the National News Media / Manuel Chavez, Scott Whiteford, and Silvia Nunez Garcia -- Fieldwork among Entrapped Communities. Researching Women's Vulnerability and Agency with Regard to Sexually Transmitted Diseases during Migration through Altar, Sonora : Methodological and Ethical Reflections / Katherine Careaga ; Reflections on Methodological Challenges in a Study of Immigrant Women and Reproductive Health in the U.S. ; Mexico Border Region / Anna Ochoa O'Leary, Gloria Ciria Valdez-Gardea, and Azucena Sanchez ; Women, Migrants, Undocumented Business Owners : Methodological Strategies in Fieldwork with Vulnerable Populations / Erika Cecilia Montoya Zavala ; Research on Oppressed Communities / Pat Rubio Goldsmith -- A Fence on Its Side Is a Bridge. Methodological and Ethical Implications in the Design and Application of the Mexican Household Survey in Phoenix, Arizona (EHMPA 2007) / Bias Valenzuela Camacho ; Lessons for Border Research : The Border Contraceptive Access Study / Jon Amastae, Michele Shedlin, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, Daniel A. Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter ; Social Research and Reflective Practice in Binational Contexts : Learning from Cross-Cultural Collaboration / Jack Corbett and Elsa Cruz Martinez
Summary This book looks at the stigmatization of immigrants since the US began focusing on securing its border with Mexico in 2001. Attempting to answer ethical questions concerning border research methodology, these researchers explore the political and social implications of U.S. immigration policies and programs. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Border security -- Research -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Boundaries
Emigration and immigration
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139917
Subject Mexico
United States
Form Electronic book
Author O'Leary, Anna Ochoa, editor.
Deeds, Colin M., editor.
Whiteford, Scott, 1942- editor
ISBN 9780816599165
0816599165