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North American Idea A Vision of a Continental Future

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ISBN-10: 0199782415

ISBN-13: 9780199782413

Edition: 2011

Authors: Robert A. Pastor

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/21/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Figures and Tables
Preface: Memoir of a North Americanist
Acknowledgments
Should We Fear North America?
A Pi�ata for Pandering Pundits and Politicians
The Hopes and Fears of NAFTA
Is Sovereignty at Risk?
The Emergence of North America
The Decline of North America
Recovering the Promise
The Genetic Code of North America
Divine and Planetary Intervention
The Arrival of Humans and the Naming of a Continent
The Great Encounter
National Codes
The North American Code
Who Speaks for North America?
Do We Hate Each Other?
Are Our Values Converging or Diverging?
How Do We View NAFTA and Free Trade?
Is There a North American Identity?
Should the Three Countries Deepen Their Relationship?
A Cooperative Public and Timid Leaders: Explaining the Puzzle
Trespassing
Transcending the Borders
Old Borders and New Faces
North American Food
North America's Business
The Market for Energy and Climate Change
Illicit Markets
The Virtual Border
Speed Bumps, Potholes, and Roadblocks on the North American Superhighway
Inevitable and Irreversible, But That Could Change
Speed Bumps
Potholes
Roadblocks and Walls
Hidden Tolls
The Third Law of Motion
The North American Advantage
A North American Community: A Vision
Short-Sighted or Far-Sighted?
Why Has a North American Community Been Elusive?
What's In It for Us?
From a Bilateral to a Continental Agenda
New Policies for North America's Twenty-First Century: A Blueprint
The North American Economy
National and Public Security
The Transnational Transformation
The Institutional Black Hole
The Costs and Benefits of Action and Inaction
�With a shift of the mind's eye�
Appendix: Additional Tables and Figures on North America
Notes
Bibliography on North America
Index