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

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 14

Número: 2

Páginas: 291-315

Tipo: Artículo

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

Otras publicaciones en: Geopolítica(s): revista de estudios sobre espacio y poder

Resumen

El análisis comparativo de las regiones fronterizas en el contexto de los procesos sistémicos de centralización y rebordeamiento inducidos por el choque facilita la comprensión de las especificidades y los aspectos comunes de las fronteras contemporáneas. La pandemia de COVID-19 ofreció a los expertos en fronteras unas condiciones cuasi experimentales únicas para dicho análisis, ya que los gobiernos de la mayoría de los países del mundo aplicaron políticas y medidas análogas para reducir la propagación y el impacto de la pandemia. En concreto, las medidas de restricción de la movilidad transfronteriza alteraron las rutinas y prácticas de la vida cotidiana de la población fronteriza y, de forma más general, la estabilidad de las regiones fronterizas a través de diferentes formas y grados de reborderización. Así pues, la pandemia puso a prueba las capacidades regionales y las estructuras de gobernanza para hacer frente a la incertidumbre y el riesgo e incitó las reacciones de los actores regionales preocupados por restablecer la estabilidad y la normalidad. Utilizando el concepto de resiliencia como lente analítica, este documento examina las respuestas de los actores locales de las regiones fronterizas España-Portugal y EE.UU.-México al choque sistémico y la contribución de estas respuestas a la resiliencia regional transfronteriza.

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