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This book analyzes the international relations of Mexico and the two most important substate governments of the United States, California and Texas.
List of contents
Introduction Section I: California and Texas in the U.S. and international systems 1. The International Relations of State Governments in the U.S.-Mexico Relationship 2. California in the U.S. Federal System and its Relations with Washington 3. Texas and the U.S. Federal Government 4. California’s International Relations in a Globalized World 5. Texas’s International Relations with Mexico and the World Section II: The central issues in the California-Mexico and Texas-Mexico relationships 6. Trade and Investment: Mexico-California 7. Trade and Investment in the Texas-Mexico Relationship 8. Baja-California: From the 21st Century Border to Exclusion under COVID-19, 2001-2020 9. Too Close for Comfort: The Restive Border as a Symbol of Texas-Mexico Relations 10. Energy in the Mexico-Texas and Mexico-California Relationships 11. Immigration Enforcement, Sanctuary Policies and Demographic Change in California and Texas: 1990-2021 12. Texas vs. California: Latino Politics and Relations with Mexico Section III: Mexico’s diplomacy in California and Texas 13.Fighting Identity Disputes: Mexico’s Consular Diplomacy in Texas and California 14. Mexican Diplomacy in California 15. Mexican Diplomacy in Texas Conclusions
About the author
Jorge A. Schiavon is Professor of International Relations at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and Visiting Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autonómo de México (ITAM). His most recent books are Introducción al Estudio de la Política Exterior de México (1821-2021) (coauthored) and Comparative Paradiplomacy.
Rafael Fernández de Castro is a professor at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and Director of its Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. His publications include Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? (coedited) and The United States and Mexico: Between Partnership and Conflict (coauthored).
Summary
This book analyzes the international relations of Mexico and the two most important substate governments of the United States, California and Texas.
