ISBN : 9780190847432
Trade Battles uses data from over 215 in-depth interviews with Mexican, Canadian, and U.S. trade negotiators; labor and environmental activists; government officials; and extensive archival materials to assess how activists politicized trade policy for the first time during NAFTA negotiations. It also examines how this activism influenced trade policy after NAFTA.
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The Impact of Social Movements on International Trade Policy
2. Theorizing Social Movement Influence on the State
3. Trade Politics Prior to NAFTA
4. Politicization and Framing: Linking Environmental and Labor Rights
5. Outsider Strategies: Mobilizing Public and Legislative Hostility Against NAFTA
6. Insider Strategies: Using Institutional Leverage to Influence the Side Agreements
7. The State Responds: Closing Institutional Opportunities Post-NAFTA
8. Conclusions: The Implications of Institutional Closure for Democracy and Mobilization
Bibliography
Index
