Old and new concepts about the border: Theoretical contributions and reflections on south Californian history

Abstract

In the wake of the complexity of globalization, the history of border phenomena allows for the understanding of the stages and mechanisms that actually disarticulated the State-Nation paradigm in order to give way to the paradigm of worldlization. From a historic perspective, this essay analyzes the cultural, social, and economic conception of the border. First off, a review of the chief concepts and authors deemed indispensable in order to address the border problems is done. Subsequently, in what is considered the most important contribution of this document, a review of the Suothern Californian past on the basis of the concepts that constitute the new border paradigm is proposed.

Keywords

• Capitalismo
• Globalización
• Frontera