Regionalism and the State: NAFTA and Foreign Policy Convergence

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Gordon Mace
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Political Science - 194 pages
Empirically rich with highly detailed case studies on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), this comprehensive volume studies the relationship between regionalism and state behaviour. The traditional pattern of past studies of regionalism and regional integration has been to understand how state strategies molded the dynamics of an integration process. This study examines the impact of regionalism on the policy preferences of member states.This volume offers three theoretical contributions: an empirical test of the convergence hypothesis; studies of institutions and their impact on domestic politics; and an examination of foreign policy preferences and the neo-functionalist concept of 'spill-over'It is a recommended reading for students of regionalism, international political economy, international trade, foreign policy and North American studies.

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Contents

Introduction
1
1 Convergence or Divergence Effects? NAFTA and State Preferences Towards the FTAA
13
The Impact of NAFTA on the Member States Trade Policies
33
3 Security Policies in the NAFTA Environment
49
4 The Missing Link? Economic Liberalization and the Strengthening of Territorial Security in the Wake of NAFTA
69
North American Perspectives
85
6 Sleeping with the Enemy? NAFTA Partners and Antidrug Cooperation in the Americas
103
7 The Intriguing Cuban Case
125
Conclusion
141
Bibliography
151
Index
175
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