Regionalism and the State: NAFTA and Foreign Policy ConvergenceEven though, at the time of writing, negotiations for the establishment of a Free Trade Area of the Americas have been stalled for more than three years, the FTAA negotiations remain an interesting case study for examining NAFTA's impact on the policy preferences of its member governments. The US, Canada & Mexico feature as case studies. |
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The second part offers a brief overview of NAFTA's institutional design and the dynamic it induces . ... Basically , however , almost all institutionalist theories - that is , theories that take institutions as an independent factor in ...
The second part offers a brief overview of NAFTA's institutional design and the dynamic it induces . ... Basically , however , almost all institutionalist theories - that is , theories that take institutions as an independent factor in ...
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Because institutions are costly , states will try to make the best use of already existing ones . That means that they would rather extend the mandate or enlarge the membership of existing institutions than create and operate new ones .
Because institutions are costly , states will try to make the best use of already existing ones . That means that they would rather extend the mandate or enlarge the membership of existing institutions than create and operate new ones .
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In this book , we have sought to test the general hypothesis that a regional institution would influence the ... In many cases , both contemporary and historical , regional institutions play an important role in bringing member ...
In this book , we have sought to test the general hypothesis that a regional institution would influence the ... In many cases , both contemporary and historical , regional institutions play an important role in bringing member ...
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Contents
The Impact of NAFTA | 33 |
Security Policies in the NAFTA Environment | 49 |
The Missing Link? Economic Liberalization | 69 |
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| Title | Regionalism and the State: NAFTA and Foreign Policy Convergence |
| Editor | Gordon Mace |
| Publisher | Ashgate, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0754648915, 9780754648918 |
| Length | 182 pages |
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