The hotly contested issue of Central American migrants seeking to cross the United States border is one directly attributed to State failure, the desire for increased capabilities and the need for a stronger political economy. The United States’ obligation to enhance the region’s state capability, political economy, and political legitimacy stems from it’s position as the neighbor having been forever intertwined due to the interconnected political, social and economic world. The article begins with the story of a boy who is petrified of returning home to his town in Honduras due to the maras that rule it. Keler’s belief that “the violent gang that rules his neighborhood will either forcibly recruit him or kill him” exemplifies the issue regarding
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The rulers can use Tilly’s reasoning for extraction in order raise the revenue necessary to defeat the maras. America’s involvement in Central America led to weak governments who were unable to legitimize the use of force within their respective countries. As a result, they were unable to extract revenue from the people, further escalating the power vacuums which were filled by the maras. The United State’s role in creating these power vacuums necessitates its obligation towards finding a solution. The United States finds itself playing the role of colonizer in Nussbaums’ normative claim that former colonizers have an obligation towards the regions they once …show more content…
The comparative advantage Central America has is its cheap labor which is the direct result of a lack in educational institutions. Low wage jobs are not capable of supplying the state with enough resources to extract the necessary funds to perform its duties as the state, yet people are unable to perform other jobs due to the state’s inability to provide the educational infrastructure necessary for high skilled jobs. Hence one can see the vicious perpetual cycle these countries are caught in. Deregulation and increased capitalism in the region ties America back to the Salvadoran, Honduran, and Guatemalan people according to Sen’s definition of a neighbor, which states that “we are increasingly linked not only by our mutual economic, social and political reasons but also by vaguely shared but far-reaching concerns about
The rulers can use Tilly’s reasoning for extraction in order raise the revenue necessary to defeat the maras. America’s involvement in Central America led to weak governments who were unable to legitimize the use of force within their respective countries. As a result, they were unable to extract revenue from the people, further escalating the power vacuums which were filled by the maras. The United State’s role in creating these power vacuums necessitates its obligation towards finding a solution. The United States finds itself playing the role of colonizer in Nussbaums’ normative claim that former colonizers have an obligation towards the regions they once …show more content…
The comparative advantage Central America has is its cheap labor which is the direct result of a lack in educational institutions. Low wage jobs are not capable of supplying the state with enough resources to extract the necessary funds to perform its duties as the state, yet people are unable to perform other jobs due to the state’s inability to provide the educational infrastructure necessary for high skilled jobs. Hence one can see the vicious perpetual cycle these countries are caught in. Deregulation and increased capitalism in the region ties America back to the Salvadoran, Honduran, and Guatemalan people according to Sen’s definition of a neighbor, which states that “we are increasingly linked not only by our mutual economic, social and political reasons but also by vaguely shared but far-reaching concerns about