University Press of America
Pages: 276
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-0-7618-2890-7 • Paperback • October 2004 • $65.99 • (£51.00)
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 ManzanOrez is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Social Science Research & Training Institute at Western New Mexico University. Professor ManzanOrez holds a doctorate in Political Science from Northern Arizona University.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Roots of Neocolonialism
Chapter 3 The Annal's NAFTA Report
Chapter 4 Criminal, Human, and Social Justice Issues
Chapter 5 The Genesis of Neocolonialism: Mexico's Full Circle Journey; The Northern Border Colonial Wars
Chapter 6 World Economics & Social Justice: Worldviews and Perspectives on Social Justice; North American Socio-Economics and Social Justice
Chapter 7 Comparative Criminal & Human Justice: Comparative Criminal Justice in North America; Comparative Human Rights Issues
Chapter 8 Culture, Social Status, and Education: The Influence of Education on Social Status; Comparative Education in North America
Chapter 9 Endnotes
Chapter 10 Bibliography
Chapter 11 Index
While much of the literature on NAFTA overlooks its social implications, French and Manzanárez 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 University?Kingsville; Choice Reviews
In the digital age, scholars wrestle with the evolving relationship of justice to the new globalism. French and Manzanárez'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 Manzanárez'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