North America in Question

Jeffrey Ayres is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont.Laura Macdonald is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University.

• Table of Contents Introduction - North America in QuestionPart I - North America and Political-Economic TurbulenceChapter 1 - Global Economic Crisis and Regionalism in North America: Region-ness in Question? Chapter 2 - Immovable Object or Unstoppable Force? Economic Crisis and the Social Construction of North AmericaChapter 3 - Continental Governance, Post Crisis - Where is North America Going? Chapter 4 - The Mexican Political-Security Crisis: Implications for the North American Community Part II - North American Problems without North American Governance Chapter 5 - North American Community from Above and from Below: Working Class Perspectives on Economic Integration and Crisis Chapter 6 - Energy and the Environment - Prospects for New Forms of Continental GovernanceChapter 7 - Borders and Security in North America Chapter 8 - Immigration and the Flows of PeoplePart III - Democratic Deficit, New Actors and Responses to the Crisis Chapter 9 - Plus Ça Change: Double-Bilateralism and the Demise of Trilateralism Chapter 10 - Paradiplomacy: States and Provinces in the Emerging Governance Structure of North America Chapter 11 - (Re)Thinking the "New" North America through Women's Citizenship Struggles in MexicoChapter 12 - Democratic Deficits and the Role of Civil Society in North America: the SPP and Beyond Conclusion: Will North America Survive?