Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations

Published by University of Toronto Press 2007

Politics in North America

Redefining Continental Relations

Edited by: Yasmeen Abu-Laban , Radha Jhappan and Francois Rocher

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689794

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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.

Author / Editor information

Abu-Laban Yasmeen :

Yasmeen Abu-Laban is the Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights and a professor of political science at the University of Alberta.
Jhappan Radha :

Radha Jhappan is Associate Professor at Carleton University in the Department of Political Science. She has published in the areas of indigenous peoples' politics and law, Canadian socio-political history, constitutional law and politics, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, race and gender in feminist theory, and feminist legal theory and litigation strategies.Rocher Francois :

François Rocher is Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. He has held a similar position at Carleton University, where he was also director of the School of Canadian Studies. He is the co-editor, with Miriam Smith, of New Trends in Canadian Federalism (University of Toronto Press, 2003) and has extensively published on constitutional politics, intergovernmental relations, immigration, and citizenship in Canada.

Reviews

Leslie E. Anderson, University of Florida:

This is an unusual and much-needed book that views North America as a unit. It considers institutional and economic relations within Mexico, the United States, and Canada as well as political and economic relations among all three. This refreshing perspective offers new insights about all three nations as well as about the relationship among them. With respect to the US for example, it asks us to look at the US both from the outside as well as from within. The book is well-written and accessible, and there is something here for both comparativists and students of international relations. The book will be helpful to scholars as well as to graduate and undergraduate students in either field.

Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California:

This path-breaking, comprehensive collection establishes a new benchmark for the emerging study of transnational politics, economics, and society in North America. Drawing on multiple disciplines, deep historical awareness, rigorous data, and innovative analytical frameworks, the Canadian , Mexican, and US contributors paint a panoramic view of North America as an increasingly – and surprisingly – interconnected world region. Their analyses making fascinating reading and elaborate compelling new approaches to a wide array of historical, political, cultural, and economic questions.

Jose Luis Valdes-Ugalde, Director, Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico:

The intricate essence of North American politics has been resourcefully captured and explored in this book through the lens of regional and continental dynamics, an approach that is commonly referred to but hardly achieved with the political sensibility and theoretical completion as does Politics in North America.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Introduction Radha Jhappan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
PART I: HISTORY AND THE POLITICS OF DEFINING AND REDEFINING NORTH AMERICA
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CHAPTER 1: The "New World": Legacies of European Colonialism in North America Radha Jhappan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER 2: Nation-building and Regionalism in the US, Canada, and Mexico Claude Couture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
CHAPTER 3: The Roots of North American Economic Development Teresa Gutiérrez-Haces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
PART II: REDEFINING INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS: CONTINENTS, STATES, AND FEDERALISM
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CHAPTER 4: The Governance of North America: NAFTA's Complex Institutional Structure Stephen Clarkson and Roopa Rangaswami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
CHAPTER 5: Birth of a Union: Lessons for North America from the European Union Vincent Delia Sala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
CHAPTER 6: Globalization and the Democratic Deficit: Challenging Times for Canada's Political Institutions Samuel A. Bottomley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
CHAPTER 7: Political Institutions in the United States Ross E. Burkhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
CHAPTER 8: Political Institutions in Mexico José A. Crespo, Norma Borrego and Ana Luz Ruelas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
CHAPTER 9: National Institutions in North America: US, Canadian, and Mexican Federalism François Rocher and Gordon DiGiacomo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
PART III: REDEFINING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RELATIONS: PUBLIC POLICIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER NAFTA
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CHAPTER 10: North American First Peoples: Self-Determination or Economic Development? Julián Castro-Rea and Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
CHAPTER 11: Default Convergence? Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in North America David Schneiderman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
CHAPTER 12: Under Pressure: The Impasses of North American Labour Movements Gregory Albo and Crow Trade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
CHAPTER 13: Ragged Cruelty? Social Policy Transformations in North America Lois Harder and Marcus Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
CHAPTER 14: Ten Years After: Continental Free Trade and Environmental Policy in North America Luc Juillet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
PART IV: REDEFINING SPATIAL RELATIONS: POST-9/11 BORDERS, MIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
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CHAPTER 15: Migration in North America Yasmeen Abu-Laban Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
CHAPTER 16: From the 49th Parallel to the Río Grande: US Homeland Security and North American Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
CHAPTER 17: North American Security and Foreign Policy: Does a Trilateral Community Exist? Athanasios Hristoulas and Stéphane Roussel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
PART V: REDEFINING CULTURAL RELATIONS: TOWARDS A NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY?
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CHAPTER 18: Economic Integration and North American Political Cultures Stephen White and Neil Nevitte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
CHAPTER 19: Civil Society Organizing Under Continental Integration: The Promise and Limits of Community-Building "From Below" Jeffrey M. Ayres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
CHAPTER 20: Performing North America as Community Janine Brodie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
CHAPTER 21: Beyond NAFTA: The Emergence and Future of North America Robert A. Pastor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 512
Keywords: Coursebook

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Published: September 1, 2007
ISBN: 9781442689794