Border Bargains and the "New" Sovereignty
Canada-US Border Policies from 2001 to 2005 in Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Kent (0000-0003-2863-6804), Jonathan D Kent (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 793-818 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2010.523094 |
| OpenAlex | W2038834685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
From 2001 to 2005 Canada and the US dramatically altered the way each country views its border. In response to the attacks on New York City and Washington DC, Canada and the US entered into three important partnerships: the Smart Borders Agreement (SBA), the Container Security Initiative (CSI), and the Security Prosperity Partnership (SPP). These arrangements will be conceptualised here as “tacit bargains” whereby Canada provided the US with security in hope of renewed trust and economic accessibility. These “tacit bargains” required a concession of traditional state sovereignty so that stable and predictable relations between both countries could continue. While this process is ostensibly a violation of state sovereignty, the argument presented here is that these three “tacit bargains” represent a transition of “old” sovereignty to “new” sovereignty
General partnership · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Sociology · Sovereignty · Canadian Policy and Governance · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Law · Political Systems and Governance
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |