The hegemonic cycle and free trade: the US and Mexico

Auteur :
DE OLIVER, M.

Description :
The North American Free Trade Agreement is a function of the declining hegemony of the US in the world-system. The paper shows that two periods in US-Mexican relations portray the US hegemonic cycle in the world-system. The second one corresponds to the downward slope of the US descent from hegemony in the world-system and is a manifestation of an increasing protectionism as the NAFTA represents an economic barrier to other core states.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Political geography, issn : 0962-6298, 1993, vol. 12, n°. 5, p. 457-472, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 56 réf.

Date :
1993

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann