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Title Politics in North America : redefining continental relations / edited by Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Radha Jhappan, and François Rocher
Published Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©2008 [i.e. 2007] (Toronto, Ont. : Scholars Portal, 2013)

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Description 1 online resource (502 pages) : map, digital file
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: HISTORY AND THE POLITICS OF DEFINING AND REDEFINING NORTH AMERICA""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER I: 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 Rio Grande: US Homeland Security and North American Borders""""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""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Comparative government.
Globalization -- North America
Regionalism -- North America
Political Systems
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Canadian.
Comparative government
Globalization
Politics and government
Regionalism
SUBJECT Mexico -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084612
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140455
Canada -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019345
North America -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Canada -- Politics and government -- 1914- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019347
Subject Canada
Mexico
North America
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Jhappan, Radha
Abu-Laban, Yasmeen, 1966-
Rocher, François
ISBN 9781442689794
144268979X