Drawing on gender, queer and postcolonial studies and representing different regional perspectives, this book examines the relationship among gender, sexuality, global governance, development and queer social movements in the global South.[...]

Since the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tensions concerning immigration trends and policies, which continued to escalate at the turn of the millennium resulted in revised national security policies in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. These tensions have catal[...]