Interpreting NAFTA : the science and art of political analysis /

Main Author: Mayer, Frederick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c1998.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Framework for Political Analysis
  • 3. Why a North American Free Trade Agreement? Interpreting the Decision to Negotiate: The Uses and Limits of International Theory
  • 4. Domestic Politics Matters: The Fast Track Fight. Interpreting the Domestic Politics of Decision: The Role of Institutions and Interests
  • 5. Two-Level Bargaining: The NAFTA Negotiation. Interpreting International Negotiations: Domestic Politics and International Bargaining
  • 6. Making Side Issues Central: The Labor and Environment Negotiations. Interpreting the Side Negotiations: Issue Linkage, Deep Nesting, and the Political Context
  • 7. Symbolic Politics: Growing Grassroots Opposition. Interpreting Grassroots Opposition: The Markets for Meaning
  • 8. Diagnosis and Strategy: The Campaign for NAFTA. Interpreting the Victory: Political Diagnosis and Political Strategy
  • 9. Conclusions.