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1. The State and Security in Mexico

   Transformation and Crisis in Regional Perspective

   Edited by Brian Bow, Arturo Santa-Cruz

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   At the turn of the millennium, Mexico seemed to have finally found its path to political and economic modernization; a state which had been deeply embedded in society was being pulled out, with new political leaders allowing market forces to play a greater role in guiding the nation’s economic...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Federalism, Secession, and the American State

   Divided, We Secede

   By Lawrence M. Anderson

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   One important tradition in political science conceives of the Civil War in the United States serving as the functional equivalent of the English and French Revolutions, bringing with it the victory of liberal democratic industrialism over aristocratic agriculturalism. From this perspective, the...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Mexico-United States Relations

   The Semantics of Sovereignty

   By Arturo Santa-Cruz

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   Sovereignty is a key factor to consider when studying the Mexico-United States relationship. During most of the twentieth century, as a result of the new character of the Mexican post-revolutionary regime, there was a decoupling between the state’s maximalist discourse on sovereignty, and its...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior

   By Robert J. Hume

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside...

   Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. State Failure, Underdevelopment, and Foreign Intervention in Haiti

   By Jean-Germain Gros

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   Failed states are a huge problem in international relations, threatening world order in a number of ways. Conflicts in failed states often spill unto neighbouring states, failed states make for unreliable partners in the resolution of global social problems such as poverty and AIDS, and failed...

   Published September 20th 2011 by Routledge
6. Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy

   By Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy offers a critical analysis of the policy-making process. Jordan-Zachery demonstrates how social meanings surrounding the discourses on crime, welfare and family policies produce and reproduce discursive practices that maintain gender and racial...

   Published November 18th 2010 by Routledge
7. Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada

   By Miriam Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   Lesbian and gay citizens today enjoy a much broader array of rights and obligations and a greater ability to live their lives openly in both the U.S. and Canada. However, while human rights protections have been exponentially expanded in Canada over the last twenty years, even basic protections in...

   Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge