Author : Martin Puchet Anyul
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 2001-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 113454359X
With chapters by leading Mexican economists matched by reactions from European colleagues, this book offers a novel viewpoint on the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) process.
Author : Kevin Gallagher
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804751250
'Free Trade and the Environment' examines the impact of international economic integration on the environment, taking as a case study the experience of Mexico, as it transformed itself from one of the most closed economies in the world to one of the mostopen.
Author : Professor Julián Castro-Rea
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1409476774
What we call "North America" today is a human space that has been constructed over the centuries, perceived from time immemorial by its original inhabitants as a unified whole, and named Turtle Island. What is North America today? Is it more than the sum of its parts? Does it qualify as a distinct global region? Is it just a market or also something else? This book explores several neglected aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Studies of societal relations in North America have typically been limited to trade, investment and intergovernmental relations. In contrast, the authors in this book address other vital issues which bind this global region together, including Indigenous peoples, security, migration, civil societies, democracy, identities and culture. Via a thorough examination of these issues, the historical, sociological, economic, and political aspects of regional linkages are highlighted. Rather than dealing with each country in isolation, each chapter in this collection considers North America as a single unit of analysis, therefore systematically addressing the regional dynamic as a whole, and engaging the country-specific differences in a truly comparative way. By providing the analytical tools needed, this important book makes sense of the different aspects of the complex societies of contemporary North America.
Author : Pablo Calderón Martínez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,16 MB
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351110330
After describing NAFTA as ‘the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere’, Donald Trump’s election seemed to represent the final nail in the coffin for North American economic integration. Following a decade of stagnation, however, Trump’s victory presents a timely opportunity to reconsider North American integration and evaluate NAFTA’s democratic track record in Mexico. In this book, Pablo Calderón Martínez presents a detailed analysis of NAFTA’s influence as a political tool for democracy in Mexico. Extending beyond a mere economic or social exploration of the consequences of NAFTA, Calderón Martínez uses a three-tiered analysis based on causality mechanisms to explain how the interactions between internationalisation and democratisation unfolded in Mexico. Calderón Martínez’s analysis demonstrates that Mexico’s internationalisation project under the framework of NAFTA gave shape to, if not made, Mexico’s democratisation process. An original and timely resource for scholars and students interested in understanding how – in cases like Mexico where transitions to democracy are characterised by a finely poised balance of power – small influences from abroad can make significant long-lasting differences domestically.
Author : David Bacon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520237781
This is a journalistic chronicle of contemporary labor wars and organizing on the United States/Mexican border. Based on gripping firsthand reports, this book investigates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who labor in the agricultural fields and maquiladora factories on the border.
Author : Ronald Mize
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1442604093
Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Program (1942-1964) to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), suggests that Mexicans have been actively encouraged to migrate northward when labor markets are in short supply, only to be turned back during economic downturns. In this timely book, Mize and Swords dissect the social relations that define how corporations, consumers, and states involve Mexican immigrant laborers in the politics of production and consumption. The result is a comprehensive and contemporary look at the increasingly important role that Mexican immigrants play in the North American economy.
Author : Kevin P. Gallagher
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 2009-11-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780982568309
Author : Luis Serven
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2004-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821383744
Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 'Lessons from NAFTA' aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest effect on Mexico's average income per person. It is likely that the treaty also helped achieve a modest reduction in poverty and an improvement in job quality. This book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers interested in international trade and development.
Author : Stephen J. Randall
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business and politics
ISBN : 1895176638
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of the evolving trilateral relationship among the three countries of North America. Contributors address such topics as energy, the environment, trade, labour, the maquiladora industrial sector of Mexico, the Mexican auto industry, and Canada - U.S. cultural relations.While other publications have focused on U.S. issues, this one emphasizes Canada and Mexico, yet adds significantly to our understanding of the place of the United States in this evolving trilateral relationship.
Author : Timothy J. Henderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1444394959
Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border at the turn of the twentieth century up to the present day. Considers the issues from the perspectives of both the United States and Mexico Offers a reasoned assessment of the factors that drive Mexican immigration, explains why so many of the policies enacted in Washington have only worsened the problem, and suggests what policy options might prove more effective Argues that the problem of Mexican immigration can only be solved if Mexico and the United States work together to reduce the disequilibrium that propels Mexican immigrants to the United States
