National Solutions to Trans-Border Problems? - (New Regionalisms) by Isidro Morales

About the Book

After the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the US and Mexico redefined their public policies to facilitate the regionalization of transactions. However, institutional gaps remain in the cross-border governance of security aspects. This book examines these deficiencies, gathering interdisciplinary contributions from specialists working on continental issues within all three countries, and highlighting the transnational dimension of certain issues still managed under national-framed policies.

Book Synopsis

After the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the US and Mexico redefined their public policies to facilitate the regionalization of transactions. However, institutional gaps remain in the cross-border governance of security aspects. This book examines these deficiencies, gathering interdisciplinary contributions from specialists working on continental issues within all three countries, and highlighting the transnational dimension of certain issues still managed under national-framed policies.

Review Quotes

'A timely and instructive collection concerning a central issue for the future of North America by a multidisciplinary group of highly competent scholars. Offers perceptive analyses on how to approach the terrorism-transnational crime nexus and the problematique of regional governance. Useful insights for addressing similar problems in other regions of the world.' Gordon Mace, Interamerican Studies Centre, Laval University, Canada 'The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created the largest free trade area in the world, but created few effective institutions for collective decision-making. As a result, the region lacks mechanisms for dealing with the joint problems that inevitably result from increased economic interaction. In this important volume, distinguished contributors from the three countries provide insight into how Canada, the United States and Mexico are dealing with these North American problems in the absence of meaningful North American governance.' Laura Macdonald, Carleton University, Canada '...provides valuable insights into the fate of the North American project at a time when the momentum towards deepening continental integration, broadly defined, has clearly stalled. As an eclectic trilateral collaboration, it sheds light on the variety of numerous and still evolving transsovereign challenges to governance in this region and should be welcomed by many across the interdisciplinary community of North American studies.' Jeffrey Ayres, Saint Michael's College, United States 'For Australian security professionals, including members of the ADF, National Solutions to Trans-Border Problems is a useful addition to understanding how free-trade arrangements may enhance or detract from national security issues.' Australian Defence Force Journal

About the Author

Professor, Isidro Morales, Instituto TecnolÃ3gico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Santa Fe, Mexico