Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction, Radha Jhappan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Part I: History and the Politics of Defining and Redefining North America
Introduction
1. The "New World": Legacies of European Colonialism in North America, Radha Jhappan
2. Nation-building and Regionalism in the US, Canada, and Mexico, Claude Couture
3. The Roots of North American Economic Development, Teresa Gutierrez-Haces
Part II: Redefining Institutional Relations: Continents, States, and Federalism
Introduction
4. The Governance of North America: NAFTA's Complex Institutional Structure, Stephen Clarkson and Roopa Rangaswami
5. Birth of a Union: Lessons for North America from the European Union, Vincent Della Sala
6. Globalization and the Democratic Deficit: Challenging Times for Canada's Political Institutions, Samuel A. Bottomley
7. Political Institutions in the United States, Ross E. Burkhart
8. Political Institutions in Mexico, Jose A. Crespo, Norma Borrego, and Ana Luz Ruelas
9. National Institutions in North America: US, Canadian, and Mexican Federalism, François Rocher and Gordon DiGiacomo
Part III: Redefining Economic and Social Relations: Public Policies and Human Rights after NAFTA
Introduction
10. North American First Peoples: Self-Determination or Economic Development? Julian Castro-Rea and Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez
11. Default Convergence? Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in North America, David Schneiderman
12. Under Pressure: The Impasses of North American Labour Movements, Gregory Albo and Dan Crow
13. Ragged Cruelty? Social Policy Transformations in North America, Lois Harder and Marcus Taylor
14. Ten Years After: Continental Free Trade and Environmental Policy in North America, Luc Juillet
Part IV: Redefining Spatial Relations: Post 9/11 Borders, Migration, and National Security
Introduction
15. Migration in North America, Yasmeen Abu-Laban
16. From the 49th Parallel to the Río Grande: US Homeland Security and North American Borders, Christina Gabriel and Laura Macdonald
17. North American Security and Foreign Policy: Does a Trilateral Community Exist? Athanasios Hristoulas and Stephane Roussel
Part V: Redefining Cultural Relations: Towards a North American Community?
Introduction
18. Economic Integration and North American Political Cultures, Stephen White and Neil Nevitte
19. Civil Society Organizing Under Continental Integration: The Promise and Limits of Community-Building "From Below," Jeffrey M. Ayres
20. Performing North America as Community, Janine Brodie
21. Beyond NAFTA: The Emergence and Future of North America, Robert A. Pastor
Notes on Contributors
Index
