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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781310903321

Autore

Pastor Robert A

Titolo

The North American idea [[electronic resource] ] : a vision of a continental future / / Robert A. Pastor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-983182-3

0-19-025252-9

1-283-16028-5

9786613160287

0-19-983053-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

382/.917

Soggetti

Free trade - North America

North America Economic integration

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

Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- Part I: Should We Fear North America? -- Chapter 1: A Pin<U+00cc><U+0083>ata for Pandering Pundits -- Chapter 2: North America's Genetic Code -- Chapter 3: Who Speaks for North America? -- Part II: Trespassing -- Chapter 4: Transcending the Borders -- Chapter 5: Speed Bumps, Potholes, and Roadblocks on the NAFTA Superhighway -- Part III: The North American Imperative -- Chapter 6: A North American Community - A Vision -- Chapter 7: New Policies for North America's 21st Century - A Blueprint -- Acknowledgements.

Sommario/riassunto

"In The North American Idea, eminent scholar and policy-maker Robert A. Pastor dissects the failure of NAFTA and argues that, to re-invigorate North America's economy, our leaders need to start with an idea based on a principle of interdependence. If one country fails, all three are harmed, and if one grows, they all benefit. Drawing on first-hand experience as a policy-maker and analyst, Pastor shows how this idea--once woven into the national consciousness of the three countries--could mobilize public support for continental solutions to problems that have confounded each nation working on its own"--