Contentious Politics in North America: National Protest and Transnational Collaboration under Continental Integration

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Conceptualizing North American Contentious Politics....Pages 3-15
The Political Economy of Neoliberalism in North America....Pages 16-34
North American Politics after September 11: Security, Democracy and Sovereignty....Pages 35-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Civil Society Organizations against Free Trade Agreements in North America....Pages 57-73
Paradoxes of a Transnational Civil Society in a Neoliberal World: The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras....Pages 74-91
Contesting Neoliberal Globalism and NAFTA in Rural Mexico: From State Corporatism to the Political-Cultural Formation of the Peasantry?....Pages 92-113
Contentious Politics in Mexico: Democratization and Mobilizations after NAFTA....Pages 114-131
Coalition Politics: A Political Analysis of the Strategies, Discourses and Impact of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC)....Pages 132-152
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The Globalized Complexities of Transborder Governance in North America....Pages 155-176
The Legalization of Transnational Political Opportunity Structures: Mobilization of NAFTA’s Labor Citizen Petitions for Domestic Political Gain....Pages 177-194
North American Transnational Environmental Actors and Mexico....Pages 195-210
NAFTA and Transnational Contention: A Decade of Alliance and Conflict over Neoliberalism....Pages 211-228
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Conclusion: Contention and Deepening North America....Pages 231-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-299