By  Robert A. Pastor, the Institute for International Economics, August 2001

"The United States, Canada, and Mexico need to modernize our relationship if we want the 21St Century to improve on the past. The three countries of North America already have a larger market than the European Union, but we have not begun to explore our potential as a diverse community. Robert Pastor's book offers a wealth of new ideas and proposals for constructing a North American Community and lifting all of the people of the entire continent"  --Vicente Fox, President of Mexico.

In this visionary study, Robert A. Pastor seizes Fox's idea and maps out the paths toward making it a reality. He analyzes NAFTA's success and shortcomings, extracts lessons from the European Union's 40 years of reducing disparities between rich and poor countries, and proposes ways that NAFTA can adapt and incorporate those lessons. The centerpiece of the book is a detailed proposal and specific recommendations for new institutions and "North American policies," including plans for infrastructure and transportation, immigration and customs, a unified currency, and projects aimed to lift the poorer regions. The author addresses issues of sovereignty and national interest and concludes with a look ahead toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas.

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Book Contents (PDF):

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Redesigning NAFTA for the 21st Century 184.1KB

2. One World or Three? 209.0KB

3. The European Union and Its "Cohesion" Policies: An Evaluation 206.1KB

4. North America's Journey 256.5KB

5. A North American Community: A Proposal to Deepen NAFTA 199.5KB

6. A North American Community: Sectoral Plans 229.8KB

7. Is a North American Community Feasible? Can Sovereignty be Transcended? 206.3KB

8. From A North American to an American Community: The 21st Century of Integration 198.3KB

References

Index

About the Author:

Robert Pastor is the Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University. From 1985-98, he was a fellow at the Carter Center and founding director of the Latin American and Caribbean Program, the Democracy Program, and the China Elections Project. Combining a career of scholarship and policymaking in government and nongovernmental organizations, Dr. Pastor served as national security advisor on Latin America (1977-81) and organized international delegations to mediate elections in 20 countries, including Mexico. Dr. Pastor was a Fulbright Professor in Mexico and the Straus Visiting Professor at Harvard University. He has written 13 books, including Exiting the Whirlpool: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Latin America and the Caribbean (Westview Press, 2001).

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