The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration: Responding to Globalization in the Americas

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
1 Introduction: Globalization, Integration, and Economic Development in the Americas......Page 18
Part I: The Global Environment......Page 42
2 The Transnationalization of Developing America: Trends, Challenges, and (Missed) Opportunities......Page 44
3 What Does China\'s Integration to the Global Economy Mean for Latin America? The Mexican Experience......Page 74
4 Investment Treaty Arbitration and Its Policy Implications for Capital-Importing States......Page 100
5 Policy Space for a Capability-Centered Development Strategy for Latin America......Page 130
Part II: The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration......Page 162
6 The Politics of Trade and the Limits to U.S. Power in the Americas......Page 164
7 State and Society: The Political Economy of DR-CAFTA in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador......Page 188
8 FTAA Trade Negotiations: A View of the Brazilian Co-chairmanship......Page 218
9 Canada and the Politics of Regional Economic Integration in the Americas......Page 236
10 Trade Negotiations and Development Politics: Caving In or Edging Up?......Page 256
List of Contributors......Page 282
A......Page 286
C......Page 287
D......Page 289
E......Page 290
F......Page 291
I......Page 292
K......Page 293
M......Page 294
N......Page 295
P......Page 296
S......Page 297
T......Page 298
W......Page 299
Z......Page 300