The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities

This article documents and analyzes the response of cities in the u.s.-Mexico border region to the health emergency and a significant process of rebordering triggered by COVID-19. Like many other countries, the United States and Mexico's primary strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus has...

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Päätekijät: Lara-Valencia, Francisco, García-Pérez, Hilda
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topic COVID-19
gobernanza
cooperación transfronteriza
actores locales
refronterización
frontera
Ciencias Sociales
Sociología
Inmigrantes
Ciencia política
Instituciones políticas y administración pública (Estados Unidos)
instituciones políticas y administración pública (México)
gobierno local
gobierno municipal
gobierno
Migración internacional
Estados Unidos
Relaciones exteriores
Relaciones internacionales
Fronteras
Aspectos públicos de la medicina
Salud pública
Medicina preventiva
Inmunidad e inmunización en relación con la salud pública
Epidemias
Epidemiología
Cuarentena
COVID-19
governance
cross-border cooperation
local actors
rebordering
border
Social Sciences
Sociology
Immigrants
Political science
Political institutions and public administration (United States)
Political institutions and public administration (Mexico)
Local government
Municipal government
Government
International migration
United States
Foreign relations
International relations
Borders
Public aspects of medicine
Public health
Preventive medicine
Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Quarantine
spellingShingle COVID-19
gobernanza
cooperación transfronteriza
actores locales
refronterización
frontera
Ciencias Sociales
Sociología
Inmigrantes
Ciencia política
Instituciones políticas y administración pública (Estados Unidos)
instituciones políticas y administración pública (México)
gobierno local
gobierno municipal
gobierno
Migración internacional
Estados Unidos
Relaciones exteriores
Relaciones internacionales
Fronteras
Aspectos públicos de la medicina
Salud pública
Medicina preventiva
Inmunidad e inmunización en relación con la salud pública
Epidemias
Epidemiología
Cuarentena
COVID-19
governance
cross-border cooperation
local actors
rebordering
border
Social Sciences
Sociology
Immigrants
Political science
Political institutions and public administration (United States)
Political institutions and public administration (Mexico)
Local government
Municipal government
Government
International migration
United States
Foreign relations
International relations
Borders
Public aspects of medicine
Public health
Preventive medicine
Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Quarantine
Lara-Valencia, Francisco
García-Pérez, Hilda
The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities
description This article documents and analyzes the response of cities in the u.s.-Mexico border region to the health emergency and a significant process of rebordering triggered by COVID-19. Like many other countries, the United States and Mexico's primary strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus has been the adoption of social distancing measures and restrictions on mobility, including the closure of the common border. An immediate implication of this process is the strengthening of national governments' presence in border health management and, potentially, the contraction of governance spaces in which subnational actors traditionally participate. By analyzing secondary data for eight pairs of co-adjacent border cities, local actors' responses to the pandemic are examined in the context of a rapid rebordering process and postpandemic governance, and cross-border cooperation scenarios are explored.
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author Lara-Valencia, Francisco
García-Pérez, Hilda
author_facet Lara-Valencia, Francisco
García-Pérez, Hilda
author_sort Lara-Valencia, Francisco
title The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities
title_short The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities
title_full The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities
title_fullStr The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities
title_full_unstemmed The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities
title_sort borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in united states-mexico border cities
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
publishDate 2021
url https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928
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spelling repositorioinstitucional-20.500.12930-69582023-05-09T17:04:23Z The borders of the pandemic: lessons on governance and cooperation in United States-Mexico border cities Las fronteras de la pandemia: lecciones para la gobernanza y la cooperación en las ciudades de la frontera México-Estados Unidos Lara-Valencia, Francisco García-Pérez, Hilda COVID-19 gobernanza cooperación transfronteriza actores locales refronterización frontera Ciencias Sociales Sociología Inmigrantes Ciencia política Instituciones políticas y administración pública (Estados Unidos) instituciones políticas y administración pública (México) gobierno local gobierno municipal gobierno Migración internacional Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Relaciones internacionales Fronteras Aspectos públicos de la medicina Salud pública Medicina preventiva Inmunidad e inmunización en relación con la salud pública Epidemias Epidemiología Cuarentena COVID-19 governance cross-border cooperation local actors rebordering border Social Sciences Sociology Immigrants Political science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration (Mexico) Local government Municipal government Government International migration United States Foreign relations International relations Borders Public aspects of medicine Public health Preventive medicine Immunity and immunization in relation to public health Epidemics Epidemiology Quarantine This article documents and analyzes the response of cities in the u.s.-Mexico border region to the health emergency and a significant process of rebordering triggered by COVID-19. Like many other countries, the United States and Mexico's primary strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus has been the adoption of social distancing measures and restrictions on mobility, including the closure of the common border. An immediate implication of this process is the strengthening of national governments' presence in border health management and, potentially, the contraction of governance spaces in which subnational actors traditionally participate. By analyzing secondary data for eight pairs of co-adjacent border cities, local actors' responses to the pandemic are examined in the context of a rapid rebordering process and postpandemic governance, and cross-border cooperation scenarios are explored. Este artículo documenta y analiza la respuesta de las ciudades de la región fronteriza México-Estados Unidos a la emergencia sanitaria y a un proceso sustancial de refronterización desencadenado por el COVID-19. Como muchos otros países, la estrategia principal de Estados Unidos y México para contener la propagación del coronavirus ha sido la adopción de medidas de distanciamiento social y restricciones a la movilidad, incluyendo el cierre de la frontera común. Una implicación inmediata de este proceso es el reforzamiento de la presencia de los gobiernos nacionales en la gestión de la salud fronteriza y, potencialmente, la contracción de los espacios de gobernanza en los que participan tradicionalmente actores subnacionales. Mediante el análisis de datos secundarios de ocho pares de ciudades fronterizas contiguas, se examinan las respuestas de actores locales a la pandemia en el marco de un proceso acelerado de refronterización y se perfilan escenarios de gobernanza y cooperación trasfronteriza pospandemia. 2021-03-26 2021-06-03T03:39:51Z 2021-06-03T03:39:51Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928 10.21670/ref.2104067 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12930/6958 spa eng https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1909 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1910 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1911 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1912 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1933 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1934 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1935 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/928/1936 Derechos de autor 2021 Estudios Fronterizos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ text/xml application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html text/xml application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip Mexico-United States Border, 2020 Frontera México-Estados Unidos, 2020 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 22 (2021) Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 22 (2021) 2395-9134 0187-6961