Economic Integration in NAFTA and the EU: Deficient Institutionality

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Institutions, Power Relations and Unequal Integration in the Americas: NAFTA as Deficient Institutionality....Pages 17-33
Free Trade and Local Institutions: The Case of Mexican Peasants....Pages 34-50
NAFTA, the EU and Deficient Global Institutionality....Pages 51-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Economic Integration and the Construction of the Efficient Peasant....Pages 69-88
Labour and Economic Integration: The Case of the Electronics Sector in Mexico....Pages 89-105
Environmental Cooperation before and after NAFTA....Pages 106-123
Constructing Europe: The Role of Social Solidarity....Pages 124-141
The Europeanization of Politics in the Southern Members of the EU....Pages 142-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Regionalism: The Case of North America....Pages 161-177
The Challenges of Regionalism: Unbalanced Integration in the Americas....Pages 178-192
Trade Agreements between Unequal Partners: Does NAFTA Deal with these Inequalities?....Pages 193-208
Successful Integration and Economic Distress: The New Dual Economy — the Case of Mexico in NAFTA....Pages 209-225
Back Matter....Pages 227-237