Politics in North America : : Redefining Continental Relations / / ed. by Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Radha Jhappan, Francois Rocher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Abu-Laban, Yasmeen,; Albo, Gregory,; Altamirano-Jiménez, Isabel,; Ayres, Jeffrey M.,; Borrego, Norma,; Bottomley, Samuel A.,; Brodie, Janine,; Burkhart, Ross E.,; Castro-Rea, Julián,; Clarkson, Stephen,; Couture, Claude,; Crespo, José A.,; Delia Sala, Vincent,; DiGiacomo, Gordon,; Gabriel, Christina,; Gutiérrez-Haces, Teresa,; Harder, Lois,; Hristoulas, Athanasios,; Jhappan, Radha,; Juillet, Luc,; Macdonald, Laura,; Nevitte, Neil,; Pastor, Robert A.,; Rangaswami, Roopa,; Rocher, François,; Roussel, Stéphane,; Ruelas, Ana Luz,; Schneiderman, David,; Taylor, Marcus,; Trade, Crow,; White, Stephen,
• HerausgeberIn: Abu-Laban, Yasmeen,; Jhappan, Radha,; Rocher, Francois,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.)

It is no longer sufficient to examine discrete nation-states in isolation from each other. In Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations, prominent authors from Canada, the United States, and Mexico explore the politics of redefining the institutional, economic, geographic, and cultural boundaries of North America. The contributors argue that the study of politics in the twenty-first century requires simultaneous attention to all levels (local, national, and international) as well as, increasingly, to continents. This argument is explored through the historical and contemporary social and political forces that have created competing visions of what it means to belong to a North American political community. In this process, new debates emerge in the book concerning the appropriate role for the state, as well as the meaning of sovereignty, democracy, and rights.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: HISTORY AND THE POLITICS OF DEFINING AND REDEFINING NORTH AMERICA -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: The "New World": Legacies of European Colonialism in North America -- CHAPTER 2: Nation-building and Regionalism in the US, Canada, and Mexico -- CHAPTER 3: The Roots of North American Economic Development -- PART II: REDEFINING INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS: CONTINENTS, STATES, AND FEDERALISM -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 4: The Governance of North America: NAFTA's Complex Institutional Structure -- CHAPTER 5: Birth of a Union: Lessons for North America from the European Union -- CHAPTER 6: Globalization and the Democratic Deficit: Challenging Times for Canada's Political Institutions -- CHAPTER 7: Political Institutions in the United States -- CHAPTER 8: Political Institutions in Mexico -- CHAPTER 9: National Institutions in North America: US, Canadian, and Mexican Federalism -- PART III: REDEFINING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RELATIONS: PUBLIC POLICIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER NAFTA -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 10: North American First Peoples: Self-Determination or Economic Development? -- CHAPTER 11: Default Convergence? Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in North America -- CHAPTER 12: Under Pressure: The Impasses of North American Labour Movements -- CHAPTER 13: Ragged Cruelty? Social Policy Transformations in North America -- CHAPTER 14: Ten Years After: Continental Free Trade and Environmental Policy in North America -- PART IV: REDEFINING SPATIAL RELATIONS: POST-9/11 BORDERS, MIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 15: Migration in North America -- CHAPTER 16: From the 49th Parallel to the Río Grande: US Homeland Security and North American -- CHAPTER 17: North American Security and Foreign Policy: Does a Trilateral Community Exist? -- PART V: REDEFINING CULTURAL RELATIONS: TOWARDS A NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY? -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 18: Economic Integration and North American Political Cultures -- CHAPTER 19: Civil Society Organizing Under Continental Integration: The Promise and Limits of Community-Building "From Below" -- CHAPTER 20: Performing North America as Community -- CHAPTER 21: Beyond NAFTA: The Emergence and Future of North America -- Notes on Contributors -- Index