Interpreting NAFTA The Science and Art of Political Analysis

Name: Interpreting NAFTA The Science and Art of Political Analysis
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ISBN: 9780231109819

ISBN-10: 0231109814

ISBN-13: 9780231109819

Edition: 1998

Authors: Frederick Mayer, Frederick W. Mayer

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Drawing on a wide range of documents and interviews with officials in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, as well the author's experience as an aide to Senator Bill Bradley during negotiations, Interpreting NAFTA is a history of the agreement's development, from opening talks to final passage. Frederick W. Mayer combines recent work in international relations, comparative politics, interest groups, and public opinion to develop a broad theoretical framework that crosses between international relations and domestic politics. Mayer demonstrates that to understand NAFTA, one must view it as simultaneously a matter of political interests, institutions, and ideas.

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/26/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 374
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Introduction



A Framework for Political Analysis



Why a North American Free Trade Agreement?


Interpreting the Decision to Negotiate


The Uses and Limits of International Theory



Domestic Politics Matters: The Fast Track Fight


Interpreting the Domestic Politics of Decision


The Role of Institutions and Interests



Two-Level Bargaining: The NAFTA Negotiation


Interpreting International Negotiations


Domestic Politics and International Bargaining



Making Side Issues Central: The Labor and Environment Negotiations


Interpreting the Side Negotiations: Issue Linkage, Deep Nesting, and the Political Context



Symbolic Politics: Growing Grassroots Opposition


Interpreting Grassroots Opposition


The Markets for Meaning



Diagnosis and Strategy: The Campaign for NAFTA


Interpreting the Victory


Political Diagnosis and Political Strategy



Conclusions