1st Edition

The Nafta Puzzle Political Parties And Trade In North America

By Charles Doran, Gregory P Marchildon Copyright 1995
272 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

The NAFTA Puzzle: Political Parties and Trade in North America explores the political background of trade liberalization culminating in the signing of the historic North American agreement more than a decade after the North America Accord idea had been outright rejected. Experts from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico examine how each political party grappled with trade as the constituent base,... Read more
Introduction: The Trade and Political Party Flip-Flop -- Trade and Political Party Orientation in North America -- Political Parties and Free Trade in the United States -- What Forces Shape American Trade Policy? -- The Trade Policies of Canada's Grits and Tories, 1840-1988 -- The NDP and Free Trade: Facing the American Capitalist Empire -- Free Trade and Party Politics in Quebec -- Trade Policy and Economic Development in Twentieth Century Mexico -- The Free Trade Policy "Revolution" and Party Politics in Mexico -- Trade and Party: Flip-Flops and Causal Linkages -- The NAFTA Vote and Political Party: A Partial Test

Biography

Charles F. Doran, Gregory P. Marchildon