NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a005
Rafael Alarcón
{"title":"Los mexicanos con estudios universitarios y el debate sobre el sistema de admisión de inmigrantes calificados en Estados Unidos","authors":"Rafael Alarcón","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2016.a005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article’s central aim is to analyze U.S. immigration policy with regard to the admissions of skilled Mexican immigrants. It analyzes the impact of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, approved by the U.S. Senate in 2013. An analysis of the American Community Survey data suggests that skilled Mexican workers would not be the immigrants most benefitted by this bill given the socio-demographic and migratory characteristics of those already residing in the United States.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 131-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91619033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a002
Susana Vargas Evaristo
{"title":"Constelación narrativa de resistencia. Jóvenes hijos de trabajadores agrícolas en la frontera México-Estados Unidos","authors":"Susana Vargas Evaristo","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a002","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.a002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article deals with the life histories of young Oaxacans settled in two far-removed locations involved in intensive agriculture. The author proposes the notion of the narrative constellation of resistance as a methodological resource for analyzing the complexity of life histories on different levels (geographical, collective, and individual). Resistance is dealt with as a narrative route produced by the subjects in response to the historic overarching ethnic, gender, racial, and class discrimination experienced over different generations. The article draws on a qualitative methodology, using in-depth interviews in a biographical cohort study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 43-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"101818173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a003
Marcela Terrazas y Basante
{"title":"Efectos del nuevo lindero. Indios, mexicanos y norteamericanos ante la frontera establecida al término de la guerra entre México y Estados Unidos","authors":"Marcela Terrazas y Basante","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2016.a003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>After the end of the war between Mexico and the United States (1846-1848), the establishment of the new border sparked population movements and intense reciprocal action among inhabitants on both sides of the Rio Grande. This happened concurrently with the intensification of Apache and Comanche incursions into the populated areas of northern Mexico, seriously affecting the lives of people along the border and impacting not only the border regions on both sides of the river, but the binational relationship itself.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 75-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91664359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a008
Fernando Solana Morales
{"title":"Reflexiones sobre América del Norte*","authors":"Fernando Solana Morales","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2016.a008","url":null,"abstract":"La revista Norteamerica ha decidido publicar estos textos tras el fallecimiento reciente del ingeniero Fernando Solana, quien tuvo una destacada trayectoria como diplomatico, legislador, academico y servidor publico, y quien tuviera un notable papel en la historia reciente de Mexico. Consideramos que la difusion de sus ideas acerca de la region de America del Norte es un homenaje merecido y que estos textos son de interes para los lectores de Norteamerica.** Ademas de desempenarse como secretario","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 193-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89997819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a007
Alexandra Aguilar Bellamy
{"title":"Leadership for a Fractured World: How to Cross Boundaries, Build Bridges, and Lead Change","authors":"Alexandra Aguilar Bellamy","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2016.a007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 227-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137071039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a001
Iván Farías Pelcastre
{"title":"A Tailor-Made (Legal) Suit? The Actual Scope, Power, and Functioning of nafta Chapter 11’s Rules and Institutions for the Settlement of Cross-Border Disputes","authors":"Iván Farías Pelcastre","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a001","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.a001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Numerous scholars argue that the rules, mechanisms, and bodies established under <span>nafta</span>’s Chapter 11 for the settlement of foreign direct investment disputes have undermined the policy-making capabilities of governments in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for promoting public welfare in their countries. This article argues that Chapter 11 has instead contributed to reaffirming governments’ power to enact and uphold social-oriented domestic laws. It demonstrates that Chapter 11’s dispute settlement mechanisms were created and operate according to the interests of the national governments in facilitating and increasing the flows of trade and capital investment between countries without compromising their sovereignty and policy-making powers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 9-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132578800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2015-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2015.b002
Michelle Keck (Assistant professor) , Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera (Associate professor and chair)
{"title":"U.S. Drug Policy and Supply-Side Strategies: Assessing Effectiveness and Results","authors":"Michelle Keck (Assistant professor) , Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera (Associate professor and chair)","doi":"10.20999/nam.2015.b002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2015.b002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The illegal drug trade in North America continues to prosper despite a 45-year war on drugs. Border enforcement is a key U.S. policy tool for preventing the flow of illegal drugs, and the U.S.-Mexico border has become the frontline in the war. Several scholars have questioned the ability of states, with their inflexible bureaucracies, tight budgets, and electorates, to effectively stop drug trafficking networks, which have considerable advantages, including flexibility, transnational connections, and market forces on their side. This article uses statistical data to determine if border enforcement along the southern U.S. border influences the illegal drug supply.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 47-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2015.b002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92129534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2015-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2015.b006
Eunice D. Vargas Valle (Investigadora) , Elizabeth Camacho Rojas (Asistente por proyecto)
{"title":"¿Cambiarse de escuela? Inasistencia y rezago escolar de los niños de migración reciente de Estados Unidos a México*","authors":"Eunice D. Vargas Valle (Investigadora) , Elizabeth Camacho Rojas (Asistente por proyecto)","doi":"10.20999/nam.2015.b006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2015.b006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Based on the 2010 population census, this article analyzes the relationship between recent migration of children from the United States to Mexico and school absenteeism and age-grade gaps in primary school. It also examines the differentials in these correlations by rural/urban residence and country of birth. After controlling for their households’ cultural, social, and economic capital, the results show that these migrant children run a higher risk for absenteeism and being held back, especially if they live in highly urban areas or were born in Mexico.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 157-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2015.b006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92048155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2015-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2015.b003
Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota (Professor-researcher)
{"title":"Has Mexican Trade in Manufactured Goods Reached Its Limits under nafta? Perspectives after 20 Years","authors":"Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota (Professor-researcher)","doi":"10.20999/nam.2015.b003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2015.b003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article analyzes Mexican trade in manufactured goods at the subsector level for the period 1993–2013. The results show that underlying dynamic manufacturing exports is a high dependency on manufacturing imports, particularly of capital and intermediate goods and high technology inputs. This has led to important deficits in the trade balance for important manufacturing sectors. In addition, although the Mexican economy has had trade surpluses with both Canada and the United States, it has shown increasing trade deficits <em>vis-à-vis</em> China, Japan, Korea, and the European Union, particularly in the manufacturing sector.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 69-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2015.b003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92048154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2015-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2015.b001
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde (Investigador y ex director)
{"title":"Globalización vs. soberanía: gobernanza, guerra o progreso y orden mundial","authors":"José Luis Valdés-Ugalde (Investigador y ex director)","doi":"10.20999/nam.2015.b001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2015.b001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This is a reflection from the point of view of political science and international relations about the impact of globalization on international issues. The author discusses the point to which globalization is linked to the integrationist, political transitions that have dominated international relations since the end of the Cold War, all of which have been watersheds in the international system. The article analyzes whether a relationship exists between globalization and the new connections between economy and politics, capitalism and democracy, security and migration, security and progress, culture and society, etc., and placing value on the new identities that these connections have in the context of globalization. The author examines how globalization affects the foundational aspects of the world order in the twentieth century, such as sovereignty, borders, war, and migration, as well as the process of the decline of the United States versus the preeminence of other global actors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 7-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2015.b001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92017149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}