Bridging the Border Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations

by de la Garza, Rodolfo O.; Velasco, Jesús; Chabat, Jorge; Domínguez, Jorge I.; Eisenstadt, Todd A.; Godínez, Victor M.; Gutiérrez, Carlos González; Knight, Alan; Williams, Edward J.

• ISBN13: 9780847684397
• ISBN10: 0847684393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Here, distinguished scholars from Mexico, the U.S., and the U.K. take up questions relating to the future of Mexico-U.S. relations in crucial areas including lobbying and diplomacy labor relations, immigration and expatriation, and international finance.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dealing with the American Political System: An Historical Overview 1910-1995	p. 1
Mexico's Foreign Policy after NAFTA: The Tools of Interdependence	p. 33
Decentralized Diplomacy: The Role of Consular Offices in Mexico's Relations with its Diaspora	p. 49
Foreign Policy Comes Home: The Domestic Consequences of the Program for Mexican Communities Living in Foreign Countries	p. 69
The Rise of the Mexico Lobby in Washington: Even Further from God, and Even Closer to the United States	p. 89
Selling Ideas, Buying Influence: Mexico and American Think Tanks in the Promotion of NAFTA	p. 125
The Negotiations between the Mexican Government and the U.S. Financial Community: A New Interpretation	p. 149
Discord in U.S.-Mexican Labor Relations and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation	p. 161
Mexico's New Foreign Policy: States, Societies, and Institutions	p. 181
Index	p. 197
About the Contributors	p. 207
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