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Why was NAFTA not extended, even after fulfilling several stated objectives? Investigating a number of roadblocks and utilizing James Rosenau´s state-multi-centric models, the book´s conclusions shed light not just on why North American integration is not working, but on broader regional experiments.

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Beneath, Beyond, or Within North America´s Regional Box: Paradigm Indigestion? North America´s Regionalisms Face Globalism: Integrative Climate Change Responses; M.López Vallejo Olvera Mexico-Canada Biotech Image: The Role of the Broader Scientific Community; E.Antal & C.Tigau North American Anti-Immigration Rhetoric: Continental Circulation and Global Resonance of Discursive Integration; L.Gilbert Integration through NAFTA´s Chapter XI: Eroding Federalism and Regionalism?; I.McKinley Thick Borders and the Challenge of North American Policy Coordination Post-Bush: What´s Next?; D.Drache Three Amigos and a Non-Regional Player: China as a Challenge Inside and Outside the NAFTA Box; F.Haro Natural Resources and Out-Migration in Local Communities of Southern Mexico: Non-NAFTA Issues Impacting NAFTA; A.González Jácome Gendering NAFTA: Utopian Vision?; R.Villanueva Ulfgard Developing National and International Civic Engagement Networks: The International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy; F.Plantan, Jr. North American Integration and Recession: Changing Order?; I.Hussain The 2009 H1N1 Outbreak: A Chaotic North American Trigger with Evolving Global Consequences; T.Lynch & P.M.Cox Conclusions: Rising to the Occasion: Coordinating Tumult

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"A stimulating collection of essays that probes the complexities of national, regional, and global governance in North America." - Stephen McBride, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

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Imtiaz Hussain is a professor of International Studies at Universidad Iberoamericana.

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