Mexico

The New Politics of Latin America
Faculty Development Workshop Series 2003-2004

Panelists

• "Pendular Shift or Continental Drift? Mexico in 'North America'"
  Stephanie Golob, Baruch College, City University of New York
  
• "Indigenous Development Alternatives: Maya Alternatives to Globalization"
  June Nash, The Graduate Center and City College, City University of New York

Stephanie R. Golob is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Baruch College. She is the author of journal articles and book chapters on North American integration, Mexican economic policy reform, Canada-U.S. security cooperation, and the globalization of transitional justice as seen in the Pinochet Case. She is currently pursuing two research projects on sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere, the first on regional economic integration and the development of "North America" beyond NAFTA; and the second on the international flow of ideas regarding "rule of law" and its impact on democratization in Chile and Mexico. At Baruch College, she teaches courses on globalization and U.S. foreign policy, and on politics in the developing world.

Since her retirement in 1998, June Nash has published her book on Mayan Visions: The Quest for Autonomy in an Age of Globalization, in addition to several articles. She is editing an anthology on Social Movements for Blackwell Press, which takes as its organizing principle the issues raised by globalization processes. She received the C.Wright Mills award for her book, We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us, the Boas Award for Service by the American Anthropological Association, and the Conrad Arensburg award for her contributions to the study of communities and the organization of work. She is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita of The Graduate Center and City College, City University of New York.