Contentious politics in North America National protest and transnational collaboration under continental integration /

This is the only book of its kind devoted to exploring contentious politics from a North American perspective, including protests, social movements, transnational contention, and emergent regional governance processes, between Canadian, U.S. and Mexican state and civil society actors.

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Group Author: Ayres, Jeffrey M.; Macdonald, Laura, 1960-
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: International political economy series
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230246898
Summary: This is the only book of its kind devoted to exploring contentious politics from a North American perspective, including protests, social movements, transnational contention, and emergent regional governance processes, between Canadian, U.S. and Mexican state and civil society actors.
'...an insightful compilation...This book has many strengths that make it important to the literature of North American integration. In addition to adding an important topic to the discussion, it contributes by emphasizing the importance of society in policy design, technology transfer, sharing of solidarity values, understanding of societies, and development of multicultural sensibility through different mechanisms...Another of its strengths is intellectual honesty.' -Latin American Policy.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230224278, 2009.
Carrier Form: 288 p.
ISBN: 9780230224278
9780230246898 :
0230246893 :
CLC: C913.14
Contents: PART I: THEORETICAL ISSUES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN INTEGRATION Introduction: Conceptualizing North American Contentious Politics-- J.Ayres & L.Macdonald The Political Economy of Neoliberalism in North America-- S.McBride North American Politics after September 11: Security, Democracy and Sovereignty-- J.Castro-Rea PART II: CONTENTIOUS POLITICS: NATIONAL AND CROSS-BORDER VARIATIONS Civil Society Organizations against Free Trade Agreements in North America-- D.Brunelle& S.Dugas Paradoxes of a Transnational Civil Society in a Neoliberal World: The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras-- J.Bandy Contesting Neoliberal Globalism and NAFTA in Rural Mexico: From State Corporatism to the Political-Cultural Formation of the Peasantry?-- A.Bartra & G.Otero Contentious Politics in Mexico: Democratization and Mobilizations after NAFTA-- J.Cadena-Roa Coalition Politics: A Political Analysis of the Strategies, Discourses and Impact of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC-- M.J.Massicotte PART III: CONTESTING REGIONAL GOVERNANCE The Globalized Complexities of Transborder Governance in North America-- S.Clarkson, A.Torres-Ruiz The Legalization of Transnational Political Opportunity Structures: Mobilization of NAFTA's Labor Citizen Petitions for Domestic Political Gain-- J.Graubart North American Transnational Environmental Actors and Mexico-- B.Torres NAFTA and Transnational Contention: A Decade of Alliance and Conflict over Neoliberalism-- M.Dreiling, T.Silvaggio PART IV:CONCLUSION Conclusion: Contention and Deepening North America-- S.Golob Bibliography Index.