This edited collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars from Canada and the United States examines Canada's policy relations within a North American context. Contributors trace policy changes from the signing of CUFTA and NAFTA, through 9/11, and up to the present day. North American policy areas covered include: border management, security, the North, energy and environmental policies, immigration, cultural relations, and labour. Current and comprehensive, Borders and Bridges is the ideal text for students of Canada's international policy relations.

This book is an edited collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars from across Canada and the United States that examines Canada's policy relations within a North American context. Grounded in the idea that Canadian policy is contextual--heavily influenced by both North American and global forces--editors Monica Gattinger and Geoffrey Hale trace policy changes from the signing of CUFTA, through NAFTA and 9/11 to the present, with a principal focus on the last decade. Topic areas include border management, security, the North, energy and environmental policies, immigration, labour, cultural relations, transportation, and trade.

In short, it is an overdue and much needed book-creating a conversation in the field of comparative policy relations and suggesting ways in which the field should continue to be studied."