Introduction: the impact of social movements on international trade policy -- Theorizing social movement influence on the state -- Trade politics prior to NAFTA -- Politicization and framing : linking environmental and labor rights -- Outsider strategies : mobilizing public and legislative...

"How did NAFTA catalyze solidarity among U.S., Canadian, and Mexican unions? By showing how transnational laws and governance institutions constrain and expand transnational social movements, this book argues that, collectively, unions can help shape how the rules governing the global economy...