02920cam a2200421 a 4500 120423s2011 onca b 001 0 eng 9781442644632 9781442612778 SDU E183.8 C613 D 2011 Clarkson, Stephen 217435 Dependent America? : how Canada and Mexico construct US power / Stephen Clarkson and Matto Mildenberger. Washington, DC : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2011. 366 p. : ill. "Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars"--P. facing t.p. HKBU Library "Following the acclaimed Uncle Sam and Us and the influential Does North America Exist? Stephen Clarkson -- the preeminent analyst of North America's political economy -- and Matto Mildenberger turn continental scholarship on its head by showing how Canada and Mexico contribute to the United States' wealth, security, and global power. This provocative work documents how Canada and Mexico offer the United States open markets for its investments and exports, massive flows of skilled and unskilled labour, and vast resource inputs -- all of which boost its size and competitiveness -- more than does any other U.S. partner. They are also Uncle Sam's most important allies in supporting its anti-terrorist and anti-narcotics security. Clarkson and Mildenberger explain the paradox of these two countries' simultaneous importance and powerlessness by showing how the U.S. government has systematically neutralized their potential influence. Detailing the dynamics of North America's power relations, Dependent America? is a fitting conclusion to Clarkson's celebrated trilogy on the contradictory qualities of its regionalism -- asymmetrical economic integration, thickened borders, and emasculated governance."--Publisher's description. National security United States. Hegemony United States. 201101 Sécurité nationale États-Unis. 217436 Hégémonie États-Unis. 217437 United States Relations Canada. 217438 Canada Relations United States. 217439 United States Relations Mexico. 217440 Mexico Relations United States. 217441 United States Economic conditions. United States Foreign relations. États-Unis Relations Canada. 217442 Canada Relations États-Unis. 217443 États-Unis Relations Mexique. 217444 Mexique Relations États-Unis. 217445 États-Unis Conditions économiques. 217446 États-Unis Relations extérieures. 208899 Mildenberger, Matto. 217447 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 217448 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 111698 111698 0 0 lcc 0 E01838 C613 D2011 0 CGB 283107 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-25 2 0 E183.8 C613 D 2011 1000375085 2025-09-25 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-25 GBE