Side Effects: Mexican Governance Under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements

Author:   Mark Aspinwall
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
ISBN:  

9780804782302


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 January 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Side Effects: Mexican Governance Under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements


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This is a story about governance in Mexico after the labor and environmental accords-called ""side agreements""-that accompanied the NAFTA treaty went into effect. These side agreements required member states to uphold and enforce their labor and environmental laws; though never codified, it was widely accepted that Mexico, in particular, had a problem with law enforcement. Side Effects explores how differences in institutional design (of the side agreements) and domestic capacity (between the labor and environment sectors) influenced norm socialization in Mexico. It argues that the acceptance of rule-of-law norms in environmental governance can be attributed to participating institutions' independence from national control, their willingness to give citizens access, and the professionalization and technical capacity of domestic bureaucrats and civil society actors. Changes in labor governance have been hampered by union confederations, longstanding corruption, and a closed opportunity structure. Going beyond a simple accounting exercise of resources devoted to enforcing the law, this book comes to grips with how best to strengthen local capacity and promote pro-norm behavior-advances essential to the task of development and democratization.

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Author:   Mark Aspinwall
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 45.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.259kg
ISBN:  

9780804782302


ISBN 10:   080478230
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A timely, pioneering work about the impact of transnational integration regimes and mechanisms on domestic institutional change in developing countries . . . [R]equired reading for anyone interested in development, transnational markets/regulation, and studies in Latin American political economy and US trade. --Gerald McDermott, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina


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Mark Aspinwall is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

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