North America in Question

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Pub. Date: 2012-09-26
Publisher(s): Univ of Toronto Pr
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Summary

Can North America survive as a region in light of the political turbulence provoked by the global economic crisis? Or have regional integration and collaboration reached a plateau beyond which disintegration is likely? In North America in Question, leading analysts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico provide theoretically innovative and rich empirical reflections on current challenges sweeping the continent and on the faltering political support for North American regionalism. This collection begins by reviewing the recent trajectories and events that have undermined North America's trilateral relationship, then addresses concerns that go beyond NAFTA and economic issues, including labour, immigration, energy, the environment, quality of citizenship, borders, women's and civil society struggles, and democratic deficits. Although demonstrating that many informal dimensions of North American integration continue to flourish, the contributors assess whether the future will hold greater economic instability, security crises, and emerging bilateral relationships.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: North America in Questionp. 3
North America and Political-Economic Turbulence
Global Economic Crisis and Regionalism in North America: Region-ness in Question?p. 33
Immovable Object or Unstoppable Force? Economic Crisis and the Social Construction of North Americap. 53
Continental Governance, Post-Crisis: Where Is North America Going?p. 85
The Mexican Political Security Crisis: Implications for the North American Communityp. 111
North American Problems without North American Governance
North American Community from Above and from Below: Working-Class Perspectives on Economic Integration and Crisisp. 145
Environment and Energy: Prospects for New Forms of Continental Governancep. 171
Borders and Security in North Americap. 196
Continental Dissonance? The Politics of Migration in North Americap. 219
Democratic Deficits, New Actors, and Responses to the Crisis
Plus Ça Change: Double Bilateralism and the Demise of Trilateralismp. 249
Paradiplomacy: States and Provinces in the Emerging Governance Structure of North Americap. 277
(Re)Thinking the 'New' North America through Women's Citizen-ship Struggles in Mexicop. 309
Democratic Deficits and the Role of Civil Society in North America: The SPP and Beyondp. 334
Conclusion: Will North America Survive?p. 361
Indexp. 391
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