Politics in North America : : Redefining Continental Relations /

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

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 cult...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (512 p.)
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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

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