Contesting Trade in Central America: Market Reform and Resistance

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Contents List of Acronyms and Initialisms ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction, Overview, and Methods 1 1. The March to Market Reform in Central America 20 2. Rule Makers and RuleTakers: Negotiating CAFTA 61 3. Resistance: CompetingVoices 95 4. Ratification Politics: In the Chamber and in the Street 126 5. After CAFTA: Anti-Mining Movements, Investment Disputes, and New Organizational Territory 158 6. Electoral Challenges and Transitions 188 7. Post-Neoliberalism and Alternative Approaches to Change 206 Appendix A. Note on Interview Methodology 240 Appendix B. Presidential Election Results: Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, 1978–2011 244 Notes 247 Bibliography 269 Index 305 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...