Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Bislev PART ONE: ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONALIZATION Institutions, Power Relations, and Unequal Integration in the Americas: NAFTA as Deficient Institutionality; R.Grinspun and R.Kreklewich Free Trade and Local Institutions: the Case of Mexican Peasants; R.Garcia-Barrios NAFTA, the EU, and Deficient Global Institutionality; M.Ougaard PART TWO: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS Economic Integration and the Construction of the Efficient Peasant; H. Krause Hansen and K.Appendini Labour and Economic Integration; B.Pedersen Environmental Co-operation before and after NAFTA; B.Torres Constructing Europe: The Role of Social Solidarity; S.Bislev and D.Salskov-Iversen The Europeanization of Politics in the Southern Members of the EU; S.Borr?PART THREE: UNBALANCED INTEGRATION IN AMERICA Regionalism: the Case of North America; E.Dominguez The Challenges of Regionalism: Unbalance Integration in the Americas; P.Valtonen Commercial Agreements Between Unequal Partners. Does NAFTA Deal with These Inequalities?; M.Cardero Successful Integration and Economic Distress. The New Dual Economy, The Case of Mexico in NAFTA; S.Motamen-Samadiam and E.Ortiz Cruz Index