Systemic Shock and BorderingComparative Analysis of the Vulnerability and Resilience of Cross-Border Governance in Europe and North America

  1. Lara-Valencia, Francisco 1
  2. Varela Álvarez, Enrique José 2
  3. García-Pérez, Hilda 3
  1. 1 Arizona State University (Estados Unidos)
  2. 2 Universidad de Vigo (España)
  3. 3 El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Unidad Nogales (México).
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Geopolítica(s): revista de estudios sobre espacio y poder

ISSN: 2172-3958,  2172-7155

Ano de publicación: 2023

Volume: 14

Número: 2

Páxinas: 291-315

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.5209/GEOP.91300 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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Resumo

The comparative analysis of border regions in the context of systemic shock-induced processes of centralization and rebordering facilitates understanding contemporary borders' specificities and commonalities. The COVID-19 pandemic afforded border scholars unique quasi-experimental conditions for such analysis since governments of most countries worldwide implemented analogous policies and measures to reduce the spread and impact of the pandemic. In particular, measures restricting cross-border mobility disrupted the daily life routines and practices of border people and, more generally, the stability of border regions through different forms and degrees of rebordering. Hence, the pandemic put to the test regional capacities and governance structures to deal with uncertainty and risk and incited reactions from regional actors concerned with restoring stability and normalcy. Using the concept of resilience as an analytical lens, this paper examines the responses of local actors in the Spain-Portugal and U.S.-Mexico border regions to systemic shock and the contribution of these responses to cross-border regional resilience.

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