John Borrego is an Associate Professor of Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he teaches global political economy, regional integration, and community development. His current research is focused on how North American integration and transnational production are restructuring daily life at the community level. His publications include a co-edited book, La Insercion de Mexico ~n la Cuenca del Pacifico. Alejandro Alvarez Bejar is a Professor of Economics at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. He has authored and edited many books, including La crisis global del capitalismo en Mexico, La Inserci6n de Mexico en la Cuenca del Pacifico (co-edited), and Mexico 1988- 1991: l Un Ajuste Econ6mico Existoso? (co-authored). Jomo K. S. is Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He is the author and editor of many books, including A Question of Class, Growth and Structural Change in the Malaysian Economy, Islamic Economic Alternatives, Industrializing Malaysia, Trade Unions and the State in Peninsula Malaysia, Malay Peasant Women and the Land, Japan and Malaysian Development, Privatizing Malaysia, and Malaysia's Political Economy.
