Fleeting civilities: Narrative accounts from agents and migrants at the US-Mexico border

This paper draws on interviews with Border Patrol agents and Mexican migrants to examine narrative accounts of humanitarian governance—instances where expected control and restriction are replaced with courtesy, humor, or kindness. Our respondents’ narratives cluster around three types of moments of...

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VerfasserInnen: Armenta, Amada 1982- (VerfasserIn) ; Vega, Irene I. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Punishment & society
Jahr: 2025, Band: 27, Heft: 4, Seiten: 745-763
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