NorteamericaPub Date : 2013-07-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71773-7
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde , Frania Duarte
{"title":"Del poder duro al poder inteligente. La nueva estrategia de seguridad de Barack Obama o de la sobrevivencia de la política exterior de Estados Unidos","authors":"José Luis Valdés-Ugalde , Frania Duarte","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71773-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71773-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Bush administration’s use of hard power and negligent economic and political policy caused a crisis of legitimacy of U.S. international leadership. To set this situation right, Obama opted for a smart power policy. However, its implementation has sometimes been blocked by domestic political polarization and economic crisis. Despite the circumstances, this policy has shown itself to be viable for achieving U.S. foreign policy aims since, in the face of different events, it has made it possible to gradually recover some of the spaces of influence in the world that the United States had lost.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 41-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71773-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127089894","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 : 2013-07-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71777-4
Jacobo Silva Parada
{"title":"La India en los brics: una nueva forma de promover sus intereses en el escenario internacional","authors":"Jacobo Silva Parada","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71777-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71777-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Over the last 23 years, India has become more noteworthy due to its accelerated economic growth, eclipsed only by China, and a new foreign policy that can be classified as pragmatic. The way New Delhi behaves on the international stage is a natural consequence of this. So, the <span>brics</span> are part of a broader strategy to project its political and economic interests in different international forums and organizations. This allows it to flexibly and non-committally adapt and deal with the twenty-first century’s changes and new challenges.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 161-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1870355013717774/pdfft?md5=e10c9c4c7822c0c7cb7341b348599de3&pid=1-s2.0-S1870355013717774-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130113516","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 : 2013-07-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71772-5
Simon Reich , Mark Aspinwall
{"title":"The Paradox of Unilateralism: Institutionalizing Failure In U.S.-Mexican Drug Strategies","authors":"Simon Reich , Mark Aspinwall","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71772-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71772-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Realism posits that strong states use compulsory power to influence the behavior of weaker ones. If true, then U.S. policy toward Mexico on a key national security issue such as drugs should illustrate that claim and policy outcomes should reflect U.S. preferences. Yet, in exploring a series of bilateral case studies, this article suggests that unilateral U.S. government initiatives do not achieve their specified goals. Rather, we argue that Mexico effectively employs a series of “strangulation strategies.” These derail U.S. initiatives and -under specific conditions- result in institutional agreements that proscribe certain forms of behavior and reduce future U.S. autonomy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 7-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1870355013717725/pdfft?md5=468f11e25cfc81932a0a03abfa5c8b02&pid=1-s2.0-S1870355013717725-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123291835","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 : 2013-07-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71774-9
Ana María Aragonés , Uberto Salgado
{"title":"La crisis y la economía del conocimiento en Estados Unidos. Su impacto en la política migratoria","authors":"Ana María Aragonés , Uberto Salgado","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71774-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71774-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The U.S. economy has an impact on global migration flows of skilled labor due to the fact that its demographic and educational problems are a barrier to deepening the knowledge economy. All this is refected in an immigration policy that favors highly-qualified immigrants, leading to the issuance of more visas in recent years. On the other hand, both Democrats and Republicans place special emphasis on benefitting the most outstanding foreign students studying in the United States who graduate in the majors fundamental for stimulating the knowledge economy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 71-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71774-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122766583","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 : 2013-07-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71778-6
Luis de la Calle
{"title":"Two Nations Indivisible. Mexico, the United States and the Road Ahead","authors":"Luis de la Calle","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71778-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71778-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 195-199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71778-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126535524","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 : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71783-X
Ariadna Estévez
{"title":"The Biopolitics of Asylum Law in Texas: The Case of Mexicans Fleeing Drug Violence in Juárez1","authors":"Ariadna Estévez","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71783-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71783-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using Michel Foucault's concept of biopower, this article examines the role of asylum law in the control of Mexican migration to the U.S., arguing that U.S. authorities are using asylum law as a new means of regulating Mexican immigration. The article relies on theoretical input and empirical data to prove that there are extra-legal and technical legal issues allowing for the biopolitical use of asylum law, usually linked to sovereign power.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 55-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71783-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123346818","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 : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71765-8
Arturo Enrique Orozco Vargas
{"title":"Migración y estrés aculturativo: una perspectiva teórica sobre aspectos psicológicos y sociales presentes en los migrantes latinos en Estados Unidos","authors":"Arturo Enrique Orozco Vargas","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71765-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71765-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since migration and the resulting acculturation process are such complex, multifaceted phenomena, the aim of this article is to analyze the economic, social, political, and cultural factors involved. To achieve this, the author examines theoretically diferent empirical studies and papers related to the migratory experience. The article also describes the main reasons why Hispanic immigrants leave their countries of origin, as well as the main factors linked to the acculturation process and the acculturative stress immigrants experience during their stay in the United States.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 1","pages":"Pages 7-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71765-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114630049","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 : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71771-3
Carlos Alba Vega
{"title":"¿Quién gobierna América del Norte? Elites, redes y organizaciones","authors":"Carlos Alba Vega","doi":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71771-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1870-3550(13)71771-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"8 1","pages":"Pages 179-189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1870355013717713/pdfft?md5=75d7ea2df49dc197b8fe5ca4a6c8ce55&pid=1-s2.0-S1870355013717713-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115749560","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}