NAFTA & Neocolonialism: Comparative Criminal, Human & Social JusticeThis 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. |
Contents
The fruits of the Opium Wars | 128 |
The social psychology of war | 130 |
Comparative criminal justice in North America | 133 |
The mechanisms of selective justice in the United States | 140 |
Comparative border justice with NAFTA partners | 141 |
Canadian criminal justice system | 142 |
Mexican justice | 144 |
Pre 911 culturedrugs and legal strain | 145 |
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Migration and environmental issues in the United States | 103 |
Social and Economic Justice in Canada | 109 |
Canadian Aboriginal policies | 110 |
Canadian capitalism vs labor issues | 113 |
Canadian migration and environmental issues | 116 |
COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL HUMAN JUSTICE | 119 |
Unresolved Native issues | 120 |
Marxs value surplus emerges in the 21 Century | 122 |
InterAmerican capital exploits | 126 |
Border perspectives since 911 | 148 |
Comparative Human Rights issues in North America | 153 |
Continued social injustice of Native Americans | 155 |
Cobell v Norton | 158 |
Continued stone walling by the Bush Administration | 161 |
War on terrorism suppression of due process | 162 |
CULTURE SOCIAL STATUS AND EDUCATION | 169 |
Education and social control and stratification | 170 |
Doctors for dummiesMasters for morons | 174 |
Diploma mills and the ale of social status | 175 |
New Mexico example | 186 |
Comparative education in North America | 195 |
Education in the United States of America | 196 |
Early Republic era | 197 |
Emergence of public schools | 200 |
Contemporary era | 206 |
Civil Rights and Title IX | 208 |
New directions and brewing controversies | 213 |
Canadian education systems | 214 |
DominionModern era | 215 |
Minority education system | 217 |
Mexican education system | 218 |
Educational system overview | 224 |
Endnotes | 227 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 261 |
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Page 98 - I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. ... I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras "right" for American fruit companies in 1903.
Page 110 - Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements. And whereas great frauds and abuses have been committed in the purchasing lands of the Indians, to the great prejudice of our interests, and to the great dissatisfaction of the said Indians ; in order, therefore, to prevent such irregularities for the future, and to the end that the Indians may be convinced of our justice and determined resolution to remove all reasonable cause of discontent...
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Page 110 - Proprietaries, conformable to such Directions and Instructions as We or they shall think proper to give for that Purpose: And We do, by the Advice of Our Privy Council, declare and enjoin, that the Trade with the said...
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Page 111 - Indians, to seize and apprehend all persons whatever who, standing charged with treasons, misprisions of treason, murders, or other felonies or misdemeanors, shall fly from justice and take refuge in the said territory, and to send them under a proper guard to the colony where the crime was committed of which they shall stand accused, in order to take their trial for the same.
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Page 92 - States of California, Florida, New York, and Texas and all other offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs whose primary purpose was to serve any Indian tribe or individual Indian freed from Federal supervision should be abolished.
Page 91 - Indians residing on such reservation, as the case may be, at a special election authorized and called by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
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