Bulletin n. 0/2004 | ||
December 2004 | ||
Rankin David M. |
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Borderline Interest or Identity? American and Canadian Opinion on the North American Free Trade Agreement | ||
in Comparative Politics , Vol. 36 n. 3 , 2004 | ||
North American publics and regional trade liberalization have been little studied. Although the North American free trade arrangement is relatively recent, political debate and grass-roots protest over trade in Canada and the United States are increasingly visible, and a fuller understanding of how citizens in these countries judge trade policy is needed. An analysis of the influences of national identity, economic self-interest, and supranational attitudes on Canadian and American opinion toward NAFTA, using comparative data from the 1995-96 International Social Survey Program, indicates how symbolic predispositions of national identity provide significant and accessible information shortcuts for citizens on trade. | ||