Screen LibraryDrawing lines in sand and snow：border security and North American economic integration
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M.E. Sharpe,
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| Publisher Address: | Armonk, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 210 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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0765612356 (alk. paper) 0765612364 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F757 |
| CLC: | F757.100.2 |
| Call Number: | F757.100.2/C746 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Bordering on the USA : the political economy of North American integration -- Karma Company : the NAFTA region in a historical context -- Howdy, neighbor! The NAFTA dynamic -- On the CUSP of deeper integration : border talks before September 11 -- "Staunch ally" versus "fair weather friend" : perceptions after September 11 -- Northern exposure : from Cold War allies to terror war allies -- The Southern blues : hard cases need better policies -- 'Nsync : bilateral border initiatives -- A matter of opinion : opinion pools about NAFTA -- Conclusion -- 2. Get me to the plant on time : delivering the goods in an integrated economy -- What's in it for me : why countries trade -- Naked facts : intraregional trade in NAFTA -- Zooming in : convergence in manufacturing -- Planes, trains, and automobiles : efficiency in transportation systems -- Bridge over troubled waters : investing in borders -- From just-in-time to just-in-case : the cost of security -- Trojan boxes : shipping containers and security -- Keep on trucking : Mexican access to U.S. highways -- Highway robbery : hijacking the national security debate -- The not-so-great barrier : implications for business -- Conclusion -- Appendix 2.1. Ports in a storm : plugged passageways on the West coast -- Appendix 2.2. Cyanara security : the terrifying tale of the missing Mexican truck -- 3. Do you know the way to San Jose? : integrating labor markets and securing borders -- Crossing the line : people flows -- Line in the snow : the Canada-United States border -- Waive good-bye : United States-Canada visa coordination -- Line in the sand : the Mexico-United States border -- Still waters run deep : efforts to stem the flow -- Security blankets : labor mobility and social security -- White-collar windows : NAFTA visas in the United States -- Rising dough : business implications of labor mobility -- Conclusion -- Appendix 3.1. Kissing cousins : policing the 49th parallel -- Appendix 3.2. Illegal in the USA : conspiracies, pepper spray, and a Hollywood script -- 4. Doing the laundry : cross-border capital movements -- Let it flow : NAFTA and barriers to capital flows -- Dirty money : capital flows and security -- Dollars, dollars, everywhere : the prospects for a common currency -- The aliens are coming : foreign direct investment --The color of money : remittances as a source of Mexican capital -- Conclusion -- Appendix 4.1. Freezing their assets off : terrorist financing -- Appendix 4.2. Baby, you can drive my car : Mexico's assembly plants -- Appendix 4.3. Ironclad guarantees : metalclad in Mexico -- 5. Invisible elephants : corruption and cooperation -- The nature of things : defining corruption -- The jet set : international suppliers and demanders -- The girl next door : domestic suppliers and demanders -- Tales from the corrupt : Mexican cases -- Crime and punishment : the big picture in Mexico -- Your money is my money : privatization in Mexico -- I'll show you mine : comparing corruption -- But curiously, folks, : Mexican perceptions -- Changing channels : fixing domestic corruption -- Carcinogenic culture : corruption and the rule of law -- Greasing the big wheels : bribery laws in the NAFTA countries -- The |