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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Whether NAFTA will contribute to democratic reform in Mexico. Some focus on economic policies of the Salinas regime.

The final text of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by the Heads of the three member states (United States, Canada and Mexico) on December 17, 1992. After ratification by the U.S. Congress, the agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. The Glossary of NAFTA Terms elucidates and clarifies a large number of commonly used acronyms, abbreviations and terms found in the trade pact, a 2,000 page document together with side agreements on environmental and labor rules. Because of the hemispheric implications of the agreement, reference is made to all trade agreements, common markets, free trade arrangements prevailing today in the Caribbean, Central America and throughout South America. The Glossary of NAFTA Terms is an indispensable reference work for diplomats, journalists, international and national civil servants, businessmen, researchers and students that take a deep interest not only in the North American region, but indeed in the future growth of the entire Western hemisphere

THE NORTH AMERICA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) WAS REGARDED AS AN ECONOMIC AGREEMENT, BUT IT IS NOW REALIZED THAT ITS SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS COULD OVERSHADOW ITS FINANCIAL EFFECTS. THE AGREEMENT HAS DRAMATICALLY ACCENTUATED CHANGE IN MEXICO AND CREATED A NEED FOR PARADIGMS FACILITATING UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUCCESSION OF CRISES FACING THE COUNTRY. POLITICAL CULTURE ANALYSIS, THE AUTHORS ARGUE IS A SUITABLE LENS THROUGH WHICH POST-NAFTA MEXICO CAN BE VIEWED, BUT IT MUST STRUGGLE AGAINST OUTDATED APPROACHES FLAVORED BY MARXISM AND DEPENDENCY THEORY.

Anhand des Beispiels der NAFTA-Verhandlungen zwischen den USA und Mexiko soll verdeutlicht werden, daß Verhandlungen in wirtschaftlichen Fragen nicht nur von internationalen Rahmenbedingungen geprägt sind, sondern auch maßgeblich von Interessen unterschiedlicher Gruppierungen, die Einfluß auf den Verhandlungsführer nehmen. Nach dem Zwei-Ebenen-Modell von Robert Putnam soll dieses Wechselspiel, an dessen Ende beide Seiten - die internationale, wie die innerpolitische - befriedigt werden sollen, aufgezeigt werden. (SWP-Fnk)

It is now realized that the social implications of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could overshadow its economic effects. The agreement has dramatically accentuated change in Mexico & created a need for paradigms facilitating understanding of the succession of crises facing the country. Political culture analysis is a suitable lens through which post-NAFTA Mexico can be viewed, but it must struggle against outdated approaches flavored by Marxism & dependency theory. Adapted from the source document.

The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was regarded as an economic agreement, but it is now realized that its social implications could overshadow its financial effects. The agreement has dramatically accentuated change in Mexico and created a need for paradigms facilitating understanding of the succession of crises facing the country. Political culture analysis, the authors argue, is a suitable lens through which post-NAFTA Mexico can be viewed, but it must struggle against outdated approaches flavored by Marxism and dependency theory.