Does North America Exist? Governing the Continent after NAFTA and 9/11
In the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, renowned public intellectual and scholar Stephen Clarkson asks whether North America 鈥渆xists鈥 in the sense that the European Union has made Europe exist. Clarkson鈥檚 rigorous study of the many political and economic relationships that link Canada, the United States, and Mexico answers this unusual question by looking at the institutions created by NAFTA, a broad selection of economic sectors, and the security policies put in place by the three neighboring countries following 9/11. This detailed, meticulously researched, and up-to-date treatment of North America鈥檚 transborder governance allows the reader to see to what extent the United States鈥 dominance in the continent has been enhanced or mitigated by trilateral connections with its two continental partners.
An illuminating product of seven years鈥 political-economy, international-relations, and policy research, Does North America Exist? is an ambitious and path-breaking study that will be essential reading for those wanting to understand whether the continent containing the world鈥檚 most powerful nation is holding its own as a global region.
This book is the second of Clarkson鈥檚 three-volume series, following Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State (2002) and followed by Dependent America? How Canada and Mexico Construct U.S. Power (2012).
About the Author
Stephen Clarkson
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto
