Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations - Softcover

Yasmeen Abu-Laban is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. The author, with Christina Gabriel, of Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization (University of Toronto Press, 2002), she has also written numerous articles on citizenship theory and the comparative dimensions of migration, nationalism, and identity politics.
Radha Jhappan is Associate Professor at Carleton University in the Department of Political Science. She has published in the areas of indigenous peoples' politics and law, Canadian socio-political history, constitutional law and politics, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, race and gender in feminist theory, and feminist legal theory and litigation strategies.

François Rocher is Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. He has held a similar position at Carleton University, where he was also director of the School of Canadian Studies. He is the co-editor, with Miriam Smith, of New Trends in Canadian Federalism (University of Toronto Press, 2003) and has extensively published on constitutional politics, intergovernmental relations, immigration, and citizenship in Canada.

This path-breaking, comprehensive collection establishes a new benchmark for the emerging study of transnational politics, economics, and society in North America. Drawing on multiple disciplines, deep historical awareness, rigorous data, and innovative analytical frameworks, the Canadian, Mexican, and US contributors paint a panoramic view of North America as an increasingly, and surprisingly, interconnected world region. Their analyses make fascinating reading and elaborate compelling new approaches to a wide array of historical, political, cultural, and economic questions. (Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California)

The intricate essence of North American politics has been resourcefully captured and explored in this book through the lens of regional and continental dynamics, an approach that is commonly referred to but hardly achieved with the political sensibility and theoretical completion as does Politics in North America. (Jose Luis Valdes-Ugalde, Director, Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)

This is an unusual and much-needed book that views North America as a unit. It considers institutional and economic relations within Mexico, the United States, and Canada as well as political and economic relations among all three. This refreshing perspective offers new insights about all three nations as well as about the relationship among them. With respect to the US for example, it asks us to look at the US both from the outside as well as from within. The book is well-written and accessible, and there is something here for both comparativists and students of international relations. The book will be helpful to scholars as well as to graduate and undergraduate students in either field. (Leslie E. Anderson, University of Florida)

Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations provides a comprehensive overview of the critical political and cultural issues that characterize the evolving North American relationship. It is refreshing to read the work of some scholars who are new to the field as well as that by more established analysts. (Stephen J. Randall, FRSC, Director, Institute for United States Policy Research, University of Calgary)