Nafta And Democracy In Mexico

Author : Pablo Calderón Martínez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351110334

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NAFTA and Democracy in Mexico by Pablo Calderón Martínez Pdf

After describing NAFTA as ‘the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere’, Donald Trump’s election seemed to represent the final nail in the coffin for North American economic integration. Following a decade of stagnation, however, Trump’s victory presents a timely opportunity to reconsider North American integration and evaluate NAFTA’s democratic track record in Mexico. In this book, Pablo Calderón Martínez presents a detailed analysis of NAFTA’s influence as a political tool for democracy in Mexico. Extending beyond a mere economic or social exploration of the consequences of NAFTA, Calderón Martínez uses a three-tiered analysis based on causality mechanisms to explain how the interactions between internationalisation and democratisation unfolded in Mexico. Calderón Martínez’s analysis demonstrates that Mexico’s internationalisation project under the framework of NAFTA gave shape to, if not made, Mexico’s democratisation process. An original and timely resource for scholars and students interested in understanding how – in cases like Mexico where transitions to democracy are characterised by a finely poised balance of power – small influences from abroad can make significant long-lasting differences domestically.

Author : Dan La Botz
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0896085074

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Democracy in Mexico by Dan La Botz Pdf

Placing this book in the context of NAFTA and Mexican movements for social change, journalist and historian Dan La Botz unveils the forces behind Marcos and the Zapatista Rebellion of January 1994 and re-examines the circumstances surrounding the assasination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. Contains a detailed analysis of how Ernesto Zedillo and the PRI won the August 21, 1994 elections and includes an examination of widespread electoral fraud. La Botz provides a first-hand account of the founding of National Democratic Converntion (CND), the new force for democracy and social justice in Mexico led by Rosario Ibarra. Ibarra is Mexico's leading human rights activist and first woman presidential candidate.

Author : Professor Julián Castro-Rea
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409476771

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Our North America by Professor Julián Castro-Rea Pdf

What we call "North America" today is a human space that has been constructed over the centuries, perceived from time immemorial by its original inhabitants as a unified whole, and named Turtle Island. What is North America today? Is it more than the sum of its parts? Does it qualify as a distinct global region? Is it just a market or also something else? This book explores several neglected aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Studies of societal relations in North America have typically been limited to trade, investment and intergovernmental relations. In contrast, the authors in this book address other vital issues which bind this global region together, including Indigenous peoples, security, migration, civil societies, democracy, identities and culture. Via a thorough examination of these issues, the historical, sociological, economic, and political aspects of regional linkages are highlighted. Rather than dealing with each country in isolation, each chapter in this collection considers North America as a single unit of analysis, therefore systematically addressing the regional dynamic as a whole, and engaging the country-specific differences in a truly comparative way. By providing the analytical tools needed, this important book makes sense of the different aspects of the complex societies of contemporary North America.

Author : Russell Crandall,Guadalupe Paz,Riordan Roett
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1588263258

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Mexico's Democracy at Work by Russell Crandall,Guadalupe Paz,Riordan Roett Pdf

A concise overview of political and economic developments in Mexico, highlighting the challenges posed by the county's recent democratic breakthrough.

Author : Daniel C. Levy,Kathleen Bruhn,Emilio Zebadúa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520246942

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Mexico by Daniel C. Levy,Kathleen Bruhn,Emilio Zebadúa Pdf

Summary: This text offers an analysis of Mexico's struggle for democratic development. Linking Mexico's state to Mexico-US and other international considerations, the authors, collaborating with Emilio Zebadua, offer perspectives from all sides of the border.

Author : Miguel Angel Centeno
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271076676

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Democracy Within Reason by Miguel Angel Centeno Pdf

During the 1980s the Mexican regime faced a series of economic, social, and political disasters that led many to question its survival. Yet by 1992 the economy was again growing, with inflation under control and the confidence of international investors restored. Mexico was now touted as an example for regimes in Eastern Europe to emulate. How did Carlos Salinas and his team of technocrats manage to gain political power sufficient to impose their economic model? How did they sustain their revolution from above despite the hardships these changes brought for many Mexicans? How did they stage their remarkable political comeback and create their “democracy within reason”? Why did Salinas succeed in keeping control of his revolution while Mikhail Gorbachev failed to do so in his similar effort at radical reform? Miguel Centeno addresses these questions by analyzing three critical developments in the Mexican state: the centralization of power within the bureaucracy; the rise of a new generation of technocrats and their use of a complex system of political networks; and the dominance of a neoliberal ideology and technocratic vision that guided policy decisions and limited democratic participation. In his conclusion the author proposes some alternative scenarios for Mexico’s future, including the role of NAFTA, and suggests lessons for the study of regimes undertaking similar transitions. Of obvious interest to students of contemporary Mexico and Latin America, the book will also be very useful for those analyzing the transition to the market in other countries, the role of knowledge in public policy, and the nature of the modern state in general.

Author : Kenneth C. Shadlen
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0271046600

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Democratization Without Representation by Kenneth C. Shadlen Pdf

When countries become more democratic, new opportunities arise for individuals and groups to participate in politics and influence the making of policy. But democratization does not ensure better representation for everyone, and indeed some sectors of society are ill-equipped to take advantage of these new opportunities. Small industry in Mexico, Kenneth Shadlen shows, is an excellent example of a sector whose representation decreased during democratization. Shadlen's analysis focuses on the basic characteristics of small firms that complicate the process of securing representation in both authoritarian and democratic environments. He then shows how increased pluralism and electoral competition served to exacerbate the political problems facing the sector during the course of democratization in Mexico. These characteristics created problems for small firms both in acting collectively through interest associations and civil society organizations and in wielding power within political parties. The changes that democratization effected in the structure of corporatism put small industry at a significant disadvantage in the policy-making arena even while there was general agreement on the crucial importance of this sector in the new neoliberal economy, especially for generating employment. The final chapter extends the analysis by making comparisons with the experience of small industry representation in Argentina and Brazil. Shadlen uses extensive interviews and archival research to provide new evidence and insights on the difficult challenges of interest aggregation and representation for small industry. He conducted interviews with a wide range of owners and managers of small firms, state and party officials, and leaders of business associations and civil society organizations. He also did research at the National Archives in Mexico City and in the archives of the most important business organizations for small industry in the post-World War II period.

Author : Emily Edmonds-Poli,David A. Shirk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442220270

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Contemporary Mexican Politics by Emily Edmonds-Poli,David A. Shirk Pdf

Now in a thoroughly updated edition, this comprehensive and engaging text explores contemporary Mexico’s political development and examines the most important policy issues facing Mexico in the twenty-first century. The first half of the book traces Mexican political development after the 1910 Revolution and the creation of a single-party dominant system headed by the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party). It includes detailed treatment of the “classic” PRI system’s characteristics, as well as a thorough account of the PRI’s demise and an insightful examination of how the country’s institutions evolved under two successive PAN (National Action Party) presidential administrations before returning to PRI rule. The second half of the book analyzes the most pressing policy issues confronting Mexican society today—including macroeconomic growth and stability, poverty and inequality, the development of civil society, combating drug trafficking, strengthening the rule of law, and migration—and weighs their influence on the future of democracy in Mexico. The text to this revised edition is richly supplemented by new figures and tables that illustrate broad political, social, and economic trends and by boxes that provide in-depth treatment of a variety of subjects and concepts. Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current and accessible work available on Mexico's politics and policy. A test bank for instructors is available through [email protected]. A website with study guides and links to online resources is available at https://contemporarymexicanpolitics.wordpress.com

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061639543

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An Overview of U.S. Policy Toward Mexico and Canada by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Pdf

Author : Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrew D. Selee
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1588261042

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Mexico's Politics and Society in Transition by Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrew D. Selee Pdf

An exploration of the interrelated trends of Mexico's transitional politics and society. Offering perspectives on the problems on the Mexican agenda, the authors discuss the politics of change, the challenges of social development, and how to build a mutually beneficial US-Mexico relationship.

Author : Laura Randall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317475101

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Changing Structure of Mexico by Laura Randall Pdf

Mexico is reinventing itself. It is moving toward a more tolerant, global, market oriented, and democratic society. This new edition of "Changing Structure of Mexico" is a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of Mexico's political, social, and economic issues. All chapters have been rewritten by noted Mexican scholars and practitioners to provide a lucid and informative introductory reader on Mexico. The book covers such topics as Mexico's foreign economic policy and NAFTA; maquiladoras; technology policy; and Asian competition; as well as domestic economics such as banking, tax reform, and oil/energy policy; the environment; population and migration policy; the changing structure of political parties; and values and changes affecting women.

Author : John R. MacArthur
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520231788

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The Selling of Free Trade by John R. MacArthur Pdf

From the publisher. The Selling of "Free Trade" shows how Washington works to accomplish political or economic goals, even when confronted with widespread popular opposition. MacArthur chronicles the brutal and expensive campaign in 1993 that led to passage of the poorly understood, highly controversial law creating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Author : Pablo González Casanova
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Mexico
ISBN : UVA:X000239463

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Democracy in Mexico by Pablo González Casanova Pdf

Author : William A. Orme
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0292760469

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Understanding NAFTA by William A. Orme Pdf

"Very readable book written during height of NAFTA debate. Remains a valuable resource for discussing impact of the trade agreement in Mexico and US"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Author : Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0892064382

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Forecasting Mexico's Democratic Transition by Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup Pdf

This volume captures the essence of the political environment leading up to Mexico's July 2000 presidential election as well as the more enduring lessons learned in relationship to Mexican politics and U.S. Mexico policy.