Mayer, Frederick.
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Preface 1. Introduction 1 2. A Framework for Political Analysis 12 Section 1: Deciding to Negotiate 3. Why a North American Free Trade Agreement? 31 Interpreting the Decision to Negotiate: The Uses and Limits of International Theory 51 4. Domestic Politics Matters: The Fast Track Fight 67 Interpreting the Domestic Politics of Decision: The Role of Institutions and Interests 94 Section II: International Negotiation 5. Two-Level Bargaining: The NAFTA Negotiation 109 Interpreting International Negotiations: Domestic Politics and International Bargaining 146 6. Making Side Issues Central: The Labor and Environment Negotiations 165 Interpreting the Side Negotiations: Issue Linkage, Deep Nesting, and the Political Context 205 Section III: The Politics of Ratification 7. Symbolic Politics: Growing Grassroots Opposition 219 Interpreting Grassroots Opposition: The Markets for Meaning 257 8. Diagnosis and Strategy: The Campaign for NAFTA 273 Interpreting the Victory: Political Diagnosis and Political Strategy 320 9. Conclusions 335 Notes 345 Bibliography 361 Index 367