Side effects : Mexican governance under NAFTA's labor and environmental agreements / Mark Aspinwall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aspinwall, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Mexico.

Administrative agencies.

Environmental policy--Mexico.

Environmental policy.

Mexico.

Environmental law--Mexico.

Environmental law.

North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (1993 September 13).

North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.

Labor policy--Mexico.

Labor policy.

Labor laws and legislation--Mexico.

Labor laws and legislation.

Canada. Treaties, etc. 1993 September 14.

Canada.

North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (1993 September 14).

Mexico--Politics and government--1988-2000.

Politics and government.

Mexico--Politics and government--2000-.

Physical Description:

xviii, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

A tale of two side agreements

Políticas claras : governing Mexico's environment

Mordida politics : governing Mexico's workplace

Governance and attitude change : causes and limits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804782296

0804782296

9780804782302

080478230X

OCLC:

788273773