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Elcioglu, Emine Fidan. 2015. “Popular Sovereignty on the Border: Nativist Activism among Two Border Watch Groups in Southern Arizona.” Ethnography 16(4): 438-462. Often dismissed as “vigilantes,” Arizona border militias actually see themselves as partners of the state. This article shows how two such anti-immigrant groups both rely on and reinforce government power: patrolling with Border Patrol or designing surveillance tech for the Department of Homeland Security. Their story complicates the line between anti-state rebellion and state-making.  |
