Contentious Politics in North America - (International Political Economy) by J Ayres & L MacDonald (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is the only book of its kind devoted to exploring contentious politics from a North American perspective, including protests, social movements, transnational contention, and emergent regional governance processes, between Canadian, U.S. and Mexican state and civil society actors.

Review Quotes

'...an insightful compilation...This book has many strengths that make it important to the literature of North American integration. In addition to adding an important topic to the discussion, it contributes by emphasizing the importance of society in policy design, technology transfer, sharing of solidarity values, understanding of societies, and development of multicultural sensibility through different mechanisms...Another of its strengths is intellectual honesty.' -Latin American Policy

About the Author

JEFFREY AYRES is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, USA.

LAURA MACDONALD is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science, and co-director of the Centre on North American Politics and Society, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.