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This important book addresses the major issues facing the North American continent: security, economic integration, border management, corruption, and illegal migration.
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Drawing Lines in Sand and Snow: Border Security and North American Economic Integration
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M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y., 2003
ISBN 10: 0765612364
ISBN 13: 9780765612366
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. Octavo in black illus wraps; xxii, 210 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 1. Bordering on the USA: the political economy of North American integration -- Karma Company: the NAFTA region in a historical context -- Howdy, neighbor! The NAFTA dynamic -- On the CUSP of deeper integration: border talks before September 11 -- "Staunch ally" versus "fair weather friend": perceptions after September 11 -- Northern exposure: from Cold War allies to terror war allies -- The Southern blues: hard cases need better policies -- 'Nsync: bilateral border initiatives -- A matter of opinion: opinion pools about NAFTA -- Conclusion -- 2. Get me to the plant on time: delivering the goods in an integrated economy -- What's in it for me: why countries trade -- Naked facts: intraregional trade in NAFTA -- Zooming in: convergence in manufacturing -- Planes, trains, and automobiles: efficiency in transportation systems -- Bridge over troubled waters: investing in borders -- From just-in-time to just-in-case: the cost of security -- Trojan boxes: shipping containers and security -- Keep on trucking: Mexican access to U.S. highways -- Highway robbery: hijacking the national security debate -- The not-so-great barrier: implications for business -- Conclusion -- Appendix 2.1. Ports in a storm: plugged passageways on the West coast -- Appendix 2.2. Cyanara security: the terrifying tale of the missing Mexican truck -- 3. Do you know the way to San Jose?: integrating labor markets and securing borders -- Crossing the line: people flows -- Line in the snow: the Canada-United States border -- Waive good-bye: United States-Canada visa coordination -- Line in the sand: the Mexico-United States border -- Still waters run deep: efforts to stem the flow -- Security blankets: labor mobility and social security -- White-collar windows: NAFTA visas in the United States -- Rising dough: business implications of labor mobility -- Conclusion -- Appendix 3.1. Kissing cousins: policing the 49th parallel -- Appendix 3.2. Illegal in the USA: conspiracies, pepper spray, and a Hollywood script. 4. Doing the laundry: cross-border capital movements -- Let it flow: NAFTA and barriers to capital flows -- Dirty money: capital flows and security -- Dollars, dollars, everywhere: the prospects for a common currency -- The aliens are coming: foreign direct investment --The color of money: remittances as a source of Mexican capital -- Conclusion -- Appendix 4.1. Freezing their assets off: terrorist financing -- Appendix 4.2. Baby, you can drive my car: Mexico's assembly plants -- Appendix 4.3. Ironclad guarantees: metalclad in Mexico -- 5. Invisible elephants: corruption and cooperation -- The nature of things: defining corruption -- The jet set: international suppliers and demanders -- The girl next door: domestic suppliers and demanders -- Tales from the corrupt: Mexican cases -- Crime and punishment: the big picture in Mexico -- Your money is my money: privatization in Mexico -- I'll show you mine: comparing corruption -- But curiously, folks,: Mexican perceptions -- Changing channels: fixing domestic corruption -- Carcinogenic culture: corruption and the rule of law -- Greasing the big wheels: bribery laws in the NAFTA countries -- The $64,000 toilet seat: government procurement in NAFTA -- Conclusion -- Appendix 5.1. Kidnapping, Mexican style: Thal?a and her sisters -- Appendix 5.2. Subnational shenanigans and other trilateral affairs -- Appendix 5.3. The CNI drama: a very hostile takeover -- 6. Three's company: NAFTA as a bloc -- Three-country circus: hoops for businesses -- It's the money, honey: cost of doing business in NAFTA -- The insecurity complex: security and border management -- The right stuff: striking a balance -- Along came a spider: weaving a seamless web -- Winds of change: drawing lines in sand and snow -- Conclusion. Free trade -- North America. Border security -- North America. Border security -- United States. I. Seller Inventory # 85862
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