1st Edition

The North American Trajectory Cultural, Economic, and Political Ties among the United States, Canada and Mexico

By Neil Nevitte Copyright 1996
208 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

North America is steering a new course, with the United States, Canada, and Mexico moving toward continental economic, integration. This book examines basic value changes that are' transforming economic, social, and political life in these three countries, demonstrating that they are gradually adopting an increasingly compatible cultural perspective. A narrow nationalism, dominant since the 19th... Read more
Preface, 1. Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in North America, 2. Changing Patterns of World Trade and Changing North American Linkages, 3. Compatibility and Change in the Basic Values of North American Peoples, 4. Declining Deference to Authority and Rising Citizen Activism, 5. In Search of a New Balance between State and Economy, Individual and Society, 6. Political Integration in North America?, 7. Conclusions, Appendix: The Value Systems of forty-four Societies in Comparative Perspective, References, Index

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Neil Nevitte