CIAO DATE: 12/98

Interpreting NAFTA:
The Science and Art of Political Analysis

Frederick W. Mayer

Columbia University Press

1998

Bibliographic Data

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. A Framework for Political Analysis

Section I: Deciding to Negotiate

3. Why a North American Free Trade Agreement?
   Interpreting the Decision to Negotiate: The Uses and Limits of International Theory

4. Domestic Politics Matters: The Fast Track Fight
   Interpreting the Domestic Politics of Decision: The Role of Institutions and Interests

Section II: International Negotiation

5. Two-Level Bargaining: The NAFTA Negotiation
   Interpreting International Negotiations: Domestic Politics and International Bargaining

6. Making Side Issues Central: The Labor and Environment Negotiations
   Interpreting the Side Negotiations: Issue Linkage, Deep Nesting, and the Political Context

Part Section III: The Politics of Ratification

7. Symbolic Politics: Growing Grassroots Opposition
   Interpreting Grassroots Opposition: The Markets for Meaning

8. Diagnosis and Strategy: The Campaign for NAFTA
   Interpreting the Victory: Political Diagnosis and Political Strategy

9. Conclusion

Bibliography