Economic Integration in NAFTA and the EU : Deficient Institutionality

The institutions of the EU and NAFTA are critically analysed by leading American and European scholars. Without offering adequate replacements, the economic integration projects are actually undermining some of the core institutions that serve the needs of the market economies - institutions on which the integration process itself depends.

Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Bislev PART ONE: ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONALIZATION Institutions, Power Relations, and Unequal Integration in the Americas: NAFTA as Deficient Institutionality; R.Grinspun and R.Kreklewich Free Trade and Local Institutions: the Case of Mexican Peasants; R.Garcia-Barrios NAFTA, the EU, and Deficient Global Institutionality; M.Ougaard PART TWO: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS Economic Integration and the Construction of the Efficient Peasant; H. Krause Hansen and K.Appendini Labour and Economic Integration; B.Pedersen Environmental Co-operation before and after NAFTA; B.Torres Constructing Europe: The Role of Social Solidarity; S.Bislev and D.Salskov-Iversen The Europeanization of Politics in the Southern Members of the EU; S.Borr?PART THREE: UNBALANCED INTEGRATION IN AMERICA Regionalism: the Case of North America; E.Dominguez The Challenges of Regionalism: Unbalance Integration in the Americas; P.Valtonen Commercial Agreements Between Unequal Partners. Does NAFTA Deal with These Inequalities?; M.Cardero Successful Integration and Economic Distress. The New Dual Economy, The Case of Mexico in NAFTA; S.Motamen-Samadiam and E.Ortiz Cruz Index