Side Effects: Mexican Governance Under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements

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Mark Aspinwall

Side Effects

Mexican Governance Under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements

Mark Aspinwall

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Stanford University Press
09 January 2013

International relations; Trade agreements

"This is a story about governance in Mexico after the labor and environmental accords-called ""side agreements""-that accompanied the NAFTA treaty went into effect. These side agreements required member states to uphold and enforce their labor and environmental laws; though never codified, it was widely accepted that Mexico, in particular, had a problem with law enforcement.

Side Effects explores how differences in institutional design (of the side agreements) and domestic capacity (between the labor and environment sectors) influenced norm socialization in Mexico. It argues that the acceptance of rule-of-law norms in environmental governance can be attributed to participating institutions' independence from national control, their willingness to give citizens access, and the professionalization and technical capacity of domestic bureaucrats and civil society actors. Changes in labor governance have been hampered by union confederations, longstanding corruption, and a closed opportunity structure. Going beyond a simple accounting exercise of resources devoted to enforcing the law, this book comes to grips with how best to strengthen local capacity and promote pro-norm behavior-advances essential to the task of development and democratization."

By: Mark Aspinwall
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 458mm
Weight: 259g
ISBN: 9780804782302
ISBN 10: 080478230X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 January 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Mark Aspinwall is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews for Side Effects: Mexican Governance Under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements

A timely, pioneering work about the impact of transnational integration regimes and mechanisms on domestic institutional change in developing countries . . . [R]equired reading for anyone interested in development, transnational markets/regulation, and studies in Latin American political economy and US trade. --Gerald McDermott, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina