@article{463968, author = {Pastor, Robert A.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/463968}, title = {The North American idea: a vision of a continental future /}, publisher = {Oxford University Press,}, abstract = {"In The North American Idea, eminent scholar and policy-maker Robert A. Pastor dissects the failure of NAFTA and argues that, to re-invigorate North America's economy, our leaders need to start with an idea based on a principle of interdependence. If one country fails, all three are harmed, and if one grows, they all benefit. Drawing on first-hand experience as a policy-maker and analyst, Pastor shows how this idea--once woven into the national consciousness of the three countries--could mobilize public support for continental solutions to problems that have confounded each nation working on its own"--}, recid = {463968}, pages = {xix, 264 p. :}, address = {Oxford ;}, year = {2011}, }