Overview

This open access book brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to examine how North American civil society organizations have actively mobilized within and across borders in response to the tumultuous social and economic changes in the region since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Contributors from the three countries address the implications of recent changes in areas such trade, labour, migration and human rights.  They draw on a rich and varied set of empirical case studies to detail the opportunities and constraints that activists have encountered as they navigate a changing landscape marked by the renegotiation of NAFTA, Trump’s threats to build a US-Mexico border wall, the COVID-19 pandemic and continued restrictions on migration. The contributors highlight organizing strategies, the potential for new alliances and pose critical questions about the nature of  transnational activism in the current conjuncture.  

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Author:   Laura Macdonald ,  Christina Gabriel ,  Jeffrey M. Ayres
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031958151

ISBN 10:   3031958152
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   02 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Transnational Activism in North America.- Chapter 2: Contentious Trade Politics in the USMCA Protest Cycle: Rethinking Transnational Activism in North America.- Chapter 3: The Persistence and Transformation of Labor Transnationalism after NAFTA.- Chapter 4: Female Leadership and Transnational Labor Activism in Mexican Maquiladoras under USMCA: steps forward and steps back.- Chapter 5: Seeing through Water and Territory: Indigenous Struggles for Water Defense in Canada and Mexico.- Chapter 6: Transnational Activism and Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 7: Migration and Transnational Activism in the San Diego-Tijuana Region.- Chapter 8: Barriers and Collaboration in “North America”:  The Case of the Migrant Caravans.- Chapter 9: Mexico’s Disappeared and Translocal Resistance in the North American Region.- Chapter 10: Feminist Transnational Activism around Gender-based Violence and Labour in North America: Limits and Opportunities.- Chapter 11: Reflections by a North American Transnational Activist, Dr. Carlos Heredia.

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Laura Macdonald is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada.   Christina Gabriel is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada.   Jeffrey Ayres is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Global Engagement at Saint Michael’s College, USA. 

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