"Poverty or Development" offers a unique look at world inequality, by comparing the development problems and prospects of southern Mexico and the U.S. South in the context of global restructuring and NAFTA. Both regions have a history and legacy as labor-repressive producers of primary commodities. However, the U.S. South today encompasses poles of considerable wealth and poverty, while the Mexican South remains mired in the world periphery. Ranging from the Mexico-U.S. apparel connection and the restructuring of Mexico's coffee farming to agribusiness and immigration in Florida, the contributors trace the past and future of these two Souths.

Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION 1. Two Souths in the New Global Order-Richard Tardanico and Mark B. Rosenberg 2. From Free Market Rhetoric to Free Market Reality: The Future of the U.S. South in an Era of Globalization-Amy K. Glasmeier and Robin Leichenko 3. The Impact of NAFTA and the WTO on Southern Mexico: Hypotheses and Preliminary Evidence-Michael E. Conroy and Sarah Elizabeth West SECTORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CASE STUDIES 4. The Mexico-U.S. Apparel Connection: Economic Dualism and Transnational Networks-Gary Gereffi 5. Local Economic Development and Transnational Restructuring: The Case of Export-Assembly Manufacturing in Yucatán-Patricia A. Wilson and Thea Kayne 6. Politico-Economic Restructuring and Mexico's Small Coffee Farmers-Robert Porter 7. Work and Immigration: Winter Vegetable Production in South Florida-David Griffith 8. Politics of Decentralization and Rural Poverty: Municipal Solidarity Funds and Community Participation in Oaxaca-Jonathan Fox and Josefina Aranda 9. The Local Matters: The Port of New Orleans Responds to Global Restructuring-Alma H. Young 10. Employment Transformations in Mexican and U.S. Gulf Cities-Bryan Roberts and Richard Tardanico CONCLUSION 11. Poverty or Development?-Richard Tardanico