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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462764903321

Autore

Aspinwall Mark

Titolo

Side effects [[electronic resource] ] : Mexican governance under NAFTA's labor and environmental agreements / / Mark Aspinwall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8478-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

354.30972

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - Mexico

Environmental policy - Mexico

Environmental law - Mexico

Labor policy - Mexico

Labor laws and legislation - Mexico

Electronic books.

Mexico Politics and government 1988-2000

Mexico Politics and government 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A tale of two side agreements -- Políticas claras : governing Mexico's environment -- Mordida politics : governing Mexico's workplace -- Governance and attitude change : causes and limits.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a story about governance in Mexico after the labor and environmental accords-called ""side agreements""-that accompanied the NAFTA treaty went into effect. These side agreements required member states to uphold and enforce their labor and environmental laws; though never codified, it was widely accepted that Mexico, in particular, had a problem with law enforcement. Side Effects explores how differences in institutional design (of the side agreements) and domestic capacity (between the labor and environment sectors) influenced norm socialization in Mexico. It argues