North America in Question by Jeffrey Ayres, Laura Macdonald - 9781442642140

North America in QuestionRegional Integration in an Era of Economic Turbulence\nAuthor(s): Jeffrey Ayres, Laura Macdonald\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442642140, 978-1442642140\nSynopsis\nCan North America survive as a region in light of the political turbulence provoked by the global economic crisis? Or have regional integration and collaboration reached a plateau beyond which disintegration is likely? In North America in Question, leading analysts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico provide theoretically innovative and rich empirical reflections on current challenges sweeping the continent and on the faltering political support for North American regionalism.\n\n This collection begins by reviewing the recent trajectories and events that have undermined North America's trilateral relationship, then addresses concerns that go beyond NAFTA and economic issues, including labour, immigration.