The U.S.–Mexico Border in the Making of Bilateral Policy

Introduction Increasingly public administration practitioners, scholars, and students must deal with issues that do not respect established political boundaries. A new generation of complex and interconnected issues requires improvements not only in decisionmaking processes within countries, but also between them. The resolution of the problems that affect Mexico and the United States demands comprehensive and coordinated policies at national and binational levels. Their problems are far too complex to presume that they can be solved unilaterally or through actions based solely on the border region. What we need is leadership and reasonable compromise

Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................179 Problems without Borders .................................................................................180 Interdependence in the Federal System ..............................................................183 Interdependence between Mexico and the United States ...................................185 The Border: Under Pressure for Action ..............................................................186 Conclusion ........................................................................................................190 References .........................................................................................................190