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Since the end of the Second World War the map of the Americas has
changed dramatically. Not only were many former European colonies
turned into sovereign states, there was also an ongoing process of
region-making recognizable throughout the hemisphere and obvious
through the establishment of several regional agreements. The
emergence of political and economic regional integration blocs is a
very timely topic analyzed by scholars in many disciplines
worldwide. This book looks at remapping the recent trends in
region-making throughout the Americas in a way that hasn't been at
the center of academic analyses so far. While examining these
regionalisation tendencies with a historical background in mind,
the authors also answer fundamental questions such as: What
influences does globalization have on region-making, both on
normative regionalism plans as well as on actual economic,
political, cultural, military and social regionalization processes
driven by state and non-state actors? What ideas or interests lead
states in the Americas to cooperate or compete with one another and
how is this power distributed? How do these regional agreements
affect trade relations and have there been trade barriers set up to
protect national economies? What agreements exist or have existed
and how did they change with regard to contents and for what
reason? The book informs academic as well as non-academic audiences
about regional developments in the Americas, in particular those
dating back to the last twenty years. Beyond the primary purpose of
summarizing the hemisphere's recent trends, the book also brings
clarification in a detailed but easy to understand way about timely
issues regarding the institutionalisation, or lack thereof, of the
plethora of regional and sub-regional bodies that have emerged in
this hemisphere over the past couple of decades.
Since the end of the Second World War the map of the Americas has
changed dramatically. Not only were many former European colonies
turned into sovereign states, there was also an ongoing process of
region-making recognizable throughout the hemisphere and obvious
through the establishment of several regional agreements. The
emergence of political and economic regional integration blocs is a
very timely topic analyzed by scholars in many disciplines
worldwide. This book looks at remapping the recent trends in
region-making throughout the Americas in a way that hasn't been at
the center of academic analyses so far. While examining these
regionalisation tendencies with a historical background in mind,
the authors also answer fundamental questions such as: What
influences does globalization have on region-making, both on
normative regionalism plans as well as on actual economic,
political, cultural, military and social regionalization processes
driven by state and non-state actors? What ideas or interests lead
states in the Americas to cooperate or compete with one another and
how is this power distributed? How do these regional agreements
affect trade relations and have there been trade barriers set up to
protect national economies? What agreements exist or have existed
and how did they change with regard to contents and for what
reason? The book informs academic as well as non-academic audiences
about regional developments in the Americas, in particular those
dating back to the last twenty years. Beyond the primary purpose of
summarizing the hemisphere's recent trends, the book also brings
clarification in a detailed but easy to understand way about timely
issues regarding the institutionalisation, or lack thereof, of the
plethora of regional and sub-regional bodies that have emerged in
this hemisphere over the past couple of decades.
What we call "North America" today is a human space that has been
constructed over the centuries, perceived from time immemorial by
its original inhabitants as a unified whole, and named Turtle
Island. What is North America today? Is it more than the sum of its
parts? Does it qualify as a distinct global region? Is it just a
market or also something else? This book explores several neglected
aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the
United States. Studies of societal relations in North America have
typically been limited to trade, investment and intergovernmental
relations. In contrast, the authors in this book address other
vital issues which bind this global region together, including
Indigenous peoples, security, migration, civil societies,
democracy, identities and culture. Via a thorough examination of
these issues, the historical, sociological, economic, and political
aspects of regional linkages are highlighted. Rather than dealing
with each country in isolation, each chapter in this collection
considers North America as a single unit of analysis, therefore
systematically addressing the regional dynamic as a whole, and
engaging the country-specific differences in a truly comparative
way. By providing the analytical tools needed, this important book
makes sense of the different aspects of the complex societies of
contemporary North America.
What we call "North America" today is a human space that has been
constructed over the centuries, perceived from time immemorial by
its original inhabitants as a unified whole, and named Turtle
Island. What is North America today? Is it more than the sum of its
parts? Does it qualify as a distinct global region? Is it just a
market or also something else? This book explores several neglected
aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the
United States. Studies of societal relations in North America have
typically been limited to trade, investment and intergovernmental
relations. In contrast, the authors in this book address other
vital issues which bind this global region together, including
Indigenous peoples, security, migration, civil societies,
democracy, identities and culture. Via a thorough examination of
these issues, the historical, sociological, economic, and political
aspects of regional linkages are highlighted. Rather than dealing
with each country in isolation, each chapter in this collection
considers North America as a single unit of analysis, therefore
systematically addressing the regional dynamic as a whole, and
engaging the country-specific differences in a truly comparative
way. By providing the analytical tools needed, this important book
makes sense of the different aspects of the complex societies of
contemporary North America.
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