Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Historical Context and the Politics of Emerging Trilateralism
6. North American Continental Relationships: Historical Trends and Antecedents 15
7. Managing Trilateralism: The United States, Mexico, and Canada in the Post-NAFTA Era 37
8. The Social Neo-Liberal Policies of Carlos Salinas de Gortari 47
9. Canada-Mexico: The Neighbour's Neighbour 57
10. Economic Perspectives on Free Trade
11. The Emergence of North American Energy Trade Without Barriers 79
12. Trade as an Agency of Social Policy: NAFTA's Schizophrenic Role in Agriculture 93
13. Institutional Concerns and Mechanisms Developing from Tripartite Free Trade Negotiations in North America 113
14. Trade Liberalization, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Mexico: An Empirical Review of Recent Trends 127
15. Borderlands, Industry, Labour, and Immigration
16. The United States-Mexico Border Region and Growing Transborder Interdependence 141
17. Borderlines and Borderlands in the Geography of Canada-United States Relations 179
18. Gender, Work and Politics in Mexico's Maquiladora Industry 193
19. The Mexican Automobile Industry 215
20. North American Integration and the Issue of Immigration: Canadian Perspectives 237
21. Energy and the Environment
22. Energy and Environment in the United States-Mexico Border Region1 255
23. The Impact of the NAFTA, the NAAEC, and Constitutional Law on Environmental Policy in Canada and Mexico 281
24. Domestic and International Factors Affecting Energy Trade 295
25. The NAFTA Parallel Accord on the Environment 311
26. Public Policy and Culture
27. Directions of Value Change in North America 329
28. The Cultural Dimension of a Free Trade Agreement: The Case of Mexico 345
29. Higher Education Cooperation Among Canada, the United States, and Mexico 353
30. Mexican Studies in Canadian Universities: The Canada-Mexico Academic Relationship, 1960s-1990s 363
31. Canada's Quest for Cultural Sovereignty: Protection, Promotion, and Popular Culture 393
32. Canada-Mexico Co-production Agreement on Film and Television Programming 411
33. Notes on Contributors 421
34. Index 427