The New Political Economy of United States-Caribbean Relations: The Apparel Industry and the Politics of NAFTA Parity

by Heron,Tony

• ISBN13: 9780754639220
• ISBN10: 0754639223
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Focusing on the United States and the Caribbean, this informative book traces the advent and subsequent growth of production sharing between outsourcing textiles and apparel firms and assembly operations, located in specially designated export processing zones. The study brings a fresh perspective to the continuing debate about globalization and regionalization in the global political economy and the ways in which state policy, in both developed and developing countries, shapes the patterns of economic integration and competitiveness among participating countries and firms.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vi
Acknowledgements	vii
List of Abbreviations	viii
Introduction	1	(8)
1 Theories of International Political Economy	9	(27)
2 United States-Caribbean Economic Relations Since 1945	36	(19)
3 The Caribbean Offshore Development Model	55	(16)
4 The Restructuring of the United States Textile and Apparel Industry	71	(20)
5 The North American Apparel Commodity Chain	91	(19)
6 The Politics of NAFTA Parity	110	(21)
Conclusion	131	(8)
Bibliography	139	(13)
Index	152