NAFTA & Neocolonialism: Comparative Criminal, Human, & Social Justice

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This work is a study of the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). By focusing on the issue of justice in the contexts of globalization and neo-colonialism, the book contributes to a broader discussion of the significance of NAFTA.

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While much of the literature on NAFTA overlooks its social implications, French and Manzanrez examine NAFTA from the perspective of the long-excluded indigenous populations of the Americans, presenting a critical analysis of the treaty's negative impact on criminal, human, and social justice issues....Dealing with the rise and fall of the Mexican revolution, social and economic justice, and comparative educational systems, the book properly places the question of justice within the broader context of neocolonialism and globalization.... Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- M.E. Carranza, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville * Choice Reviews *
In the digital age, scholars wrestle with the evolving relationship of justice to the new globalism. French and Manzanrez's treatise is an important addition to the critical study of that relationship. The authors leap into the vortex where politics, culture, and economics collide. They emerge to suggest that classism, ethnocentrism, and inequality are still the driving forces of North American affairs. Agree or not, French and Manzanrez's treatise is provocative reading. Historically based and forcibly argued, it contributes mightily to our understanding of twenty-first century justice in the hemisphere we hold in common. -- John T. Kirkpatrick, Associate Dean, University of New Hampshire and Director, Justiceworks

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Laurence French is Gatekeeper of Psychology at Prairie View A&M University. Professor French holds doctorates in Psychological & Cultural Studies (Educational Psychology & Measurement) from the University of Nebraska and Sociology (Criminology/Social Psychology) from the University of New Hampshire.

Magdaleno Manzanrez is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Social Science Research & Training Institute at Western New Mexico University. Professor Manzanrez holds a doctorate in Political Science from Northern Arizona University.