NAFTA and Beyond:

Policy Making in an Interdependent World

 

University of Washington

Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
 
Environmental Supplement Provided by
Western Washington University 

 

Task Force

Winter, 1998 

 

Table of Contents

Section I | Section II | Section III | Section IV | Bibliography

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

- Tilly Rodina, University of Washington

 

INTRODUCTION

- Nicholas J. Vitek, University of Washington

 

Section I

 

CHAPTER 1

Financial Instability: The Anomalies and Opportunities of North American Free Trade

- Erin Hallock, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 2

Free Trade and Banking: Beyond the Instabilities of Interdependency

- Nisha Thirumurthy, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 3

NAFTA's Winners and Losers: Downward Harmonization and Economic Stability

- David Cagen, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 4

Regional Economic Integration: a Comparison of NAFTA and the EU

- Nicole Anne Stubbs, University of Washington

 

Section I Policy Proposals

- Erin Hallock, Nisha Thirumurthy, David Cagen , Nicole Anne Stubbs

 

Section II

 

CHAPTER 5

Labor Displacement: The Race From The Bottom Toward New Cooperative Agreements

- Molly Scott, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 6

Pushing and Pulling People: NAFTA 's Effects on Migration

- Yasmin Azam, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 7

Institutions Of NAFTA: Identifying Their Weaknesses and Strengths

- Rebecca Stanton, University of Washington

  

CHAPTER 8

Reclaiming Governance in a Transnational Context:European Lessons and Domestic Policy Alternatives

-Margaret E. Bek, University of Washington

 

Section II Policy Proposals

-Molly Scott, Yasmin Azam, Rebecca Stanton and Margaret Bek

 

Section III

 Coordinator, Eileen Bevan

Editor, Heather Fairchild

 

CHAPTER 9

Trade and the Environment

-Nicole Oliver, Desiree Loughlin, Eileen Bevan and Heather Fairchild, Western Washington University

 

CHAPTER 10

Strengthening the Link Between Trade Liberalization and Environmental Protection

- Nicole C. Oliver, Western Washington University

  

CHAPTER 11

The Borderlands: Effects of Integration

- Wendy P. Dodds and Virgil R. Mabalay, Western Washington University

 

CHAPTER 12

Dispute Resolution:

Assessing and Improving the Side Accords

- Karen Fischer, Western Washington University

 

CHAPTER 13

The Potential Benefits of Extending NAFTA to Chile:

An Alternative to Deepening Before Widening

- Brenda Thompson, Western Washington University

 

Section III Policy Proposals

- Nicole Oliver, Virgil Mabalay, Wendy Dodds, Karen Fischer, Brenda Thompson

 

Section IV

 

CHAPTER 14

Trading Freedom for Free Trade?:

in the Context of NAFTA

- Carol Hartt, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 15

Women and NAFTA: Challenging Socioeconomic Instability

- Stacey Stack, University of Washington

  

CHAPTER 16

Fostering Free-trade's Future: Caring for the Children Affected by NAFTA

- Vicky Vanderpol, University of Washington

 

CHAPTER 17

Chiapas, the Zapatistas, and NAFTA:

Social Exclusion and Political Instability in an Interdependent World

-Matt Sisk, University of Washington

 

Section IV Policy Proposals: Stabilizing NAFTA's Societies

-Carol Hartt, Stacey Stack, Vicky Vanderpool and Matt Sisk

 

CONCLUSION

- Andrea Harrington, University of Washington

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appendix

Photos of the Authors