The Impacts of NAFTA on North America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: Beneath, Beyond, or Within North America’s Regional Box: Paradigm Indigestion?

   • Imtiaz Hussain

   Pages 1-19

3. North America’s Regionalisms Face Globalism: Integrating Climate Change Responses

   • Marcela López-Vallejo Olvera

   Pages 21-37

4. Mexico-Canada Biotech Image: The Role of the Broader Scientific Community

   • Edit Antal, Camelia Tigau

   Pages 39-62

5. North American Anti-Immigration Rhetorics: Continental Circulation and Global Resonance of Discursive Integration

   • Liette Gilbert

   Pages 63-91

6. Integration through NAFTA’s Chapter 11: Eroding Federalism and Regionalism?

   • Ian McKinley

   Pages 93-105

7. Thick Borders and the Challenge of North American Policy Coordination Post-Bush: What’s Next?

   • Daniel Drache

   Pages 107-122

8. Three Amigos and a Nonregional Player: China as a Challenge Inside and Outside the NAFTA Box

   • Francisco Haro Navejas

   Pages 123-140

9. Natural Resources and Out-Migration in Local Communities of Southern Mexico: Non-NAFTA Issues Impacting NAFTA

   • Alba González Jácome

   Pages 141-158

10. Gendering NAFTA: Utopian Vision?

    • Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard

    Pages 159-180

11. Developing National and International Civic Engagement Networks: The International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy

    • Frank Plantan Jr.

    Pages 181-207

12. North American Integration and Recession: Paradigm Change?

    • Imtiaz Hussain

    Pages 209-236

13. The 2009 H1N1 Outbreak: A Chaotic North American Trigger with Evolving Global Consequences

    • Tim Lynch, Paul Michael Cox

    Pages 237-251

14. Conclusion: Rising to the Occasion: Coordinating Tumult

    • Imtiaz Hussain

    Pages 253-258

15. Back Matter

    Pages 259-273

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Why was NAFTA not extended, even after fulfilling several stated objectives? Investigating a number of roadblocks and utilizing James Rosenau's state-multi-centric models, the book's conclusions shed light not just on why North American integration is not working, but on broader regional experiments.

• China
• climate change
• community
• coordination
• education
• experiment
• Federalism
• gender
• higher education
• immigration
• integration
• NAFTA
• networks
• state
• Utopia

"A stimulating collection of essays that probes the complexities of national, regional, and global governance in North America." - Stephen McBride, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Imtiaz Hussain is a professor of International Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana.

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