| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) |
| Series |
International political economy series |
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International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Contents |
Introduction : Conceptualizing North American contentious politics / Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald -- The political economy of neoliberalism in North America / Stephen McBride -- North America politics after September 11 : security, democracy and sovereignty / Julián Castro-Rea -- Civil society organizations against free trade agreements in North America / Dorval Brunelle and Sylvie Dugas -- Paradoxes of a transnational civil society in a neoliberal world : the coalition for justice in the Maquiladoras / Joe Bandy -- Contesting neoliberal globalism and NAFTA in rural Mexico : from state corporatism to the political-cultural formation of the peasantry? / Armando Bartra and Gerardo Otero -- Contentious politics in Mexico : democratization and mobilizations after NAFTA / Jorge Cadena-Roa -- Coalition politics : a political analysis of the strategies, discourses and impact of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC) / Marie-Josée Massicotte -- The globalized complexities of transborder governance in North America / Stephen Clarkson and Antonio Torres-Ruiz -- The legalization of transnational political opportunity structures : mobilization of NAFTA's labor citizen petitions for domestic political gain / Jonathan Graubart -- North American transnational environmental actors and Mexico / Blanca Torres -- NAFTA and transnational contention : a decade of alliance and conflict over neoliberalism / Michael Dreiling and Tony Silvaggio -- Conclusion : Contention and deepening North America / Stephanie R. Golob |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-283) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political participation -- North America
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Social movements -- Political aspects -- North America
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Politics & government -- North America.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Politics and Government.
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Political participation
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Social movements -- Political aspects
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Politische Beteiligung
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Soziale Bewegung
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North America
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Nordamerika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ayres, Jeffrey McKelvey.
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Macdonald, Laura, 1960-
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| ISBN |
9780230246898 |
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0230246893 |
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9781349309269 |
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1349309265 |
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