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• Preface-- Is NAFTA Behind the Mexican Export Boom (1994-2000)?-- Mexico-- Mexico-U.S. Relations-- Architect or Home Builder? President George W. Bush, Mexico, and the Misunderstood European Referent-- Free Trade and Women in Business: Women's Organizations Can Make a Difference-- Women Entrepreneurs in the Americas-- Modeling Asymmetric Consumer Behavior and Demand Equations for Bridging Gaps in Retailing-- Coming to Terms with Abortion in Mexico-- An Interaction Model of HIV/AIDS Prevention Based in Hispanic Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex-- Index.
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Mexico's economic, political and societal issues have become major points of interest to countries all over the globe. Mexico is the second leading market for U.S. exports after Canada, and is the third most important source of U.S. imports after Canada and China. The United States is Mexico's most important customer by far, receiving about 80% of Mexico's exports, including petroleum, automobiles, auto parts, and winter vegetables, and providing about 50% of Mexico's imports. The United States is the source of over 60% of foreign investment in Mexico, and the primary source of important tourism earnings. Mexico is also the leading country in Latin America in terms of U.S. investment, with the total stock of U.S. investment being about $85 billion in 2006. This book presents in-depth analyses of such issues such as foreign policy, political reform, and overall economic developments.
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• Chapters 1-9 end with a Conclusion.
• 1. MEXICO IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT
• Why Compare Political Systems?
• Some Interpretations of the Mexican System
• Mexico's Significance in a Comparative Context
• 2. POLITICAL-HISTORICAL ROOTS: THE IMPACT OF TIME AND PLACE
• The Spanish Heritage
• Nineteenth-Century Political Heritage
• The Revolutionary Heritage: Social Violence and Reform
• The Politics of Place: Interface with the United States
• 3. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL CULTURE: WHAT MEXICANS BELIEVE AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR DEMOCRACY
• Legitimacy: Support for the Political System
• Participation: Activating the Electorate
• Democracy: What Does It Mean for Mexicans?
• 4. POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND THEIR ORIGINS: INTEREST, KNOWLEDGE, AND PARTISANSHIP
• Income and Politics
• Education and Politics
• Religion and Politics
• Gender and Politics
• Region and Politics
• Age and Politics
• 5. RISING TO THE TOP: THE RECRUITMENT OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN A DEMOCRATIC MEXICO
• The Formal Rules
• Informal Credentials: What Is Necessary to Rise to the Top in Mexican Politics
• The Rise of Women
• The Camarilla: Political Networking in Mexico
• The Rise and Decline of the Technocrat
• 6. GROUPS AND THE STATE: AN ALTERED RELATIONSHIP IN A DEMOCRATIC POLITY?
• The Residue of Corporatism
• Institutional Voices
• Voices of Dissent
• 7. MEXICO'S POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, THE STRUCTURE OF DECISION-MAKING
• The Executive Branch
• The Legislative Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• Federalism
• 8. EXPANDING PARTICIPATION: THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
• Electoral Reforms
• The Democratic Transition and the 1988 and 1994 Presidential Elections
• The Establishment of Electoral Democracy, A Stepping Stone to Democratic Consolidation
• Democratic Consolidation and the Role of Elections
• Parties: Their Origins and Their Future in a Democratic Context
• 9. EXTERNAL POLITICS: RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
• National Security Issues
• Cultural Interface
• Economic Linkages
• 10. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION: A REVOLUTION?
• Bases for Economic Modernization
• The Rise of Economic Liberalization
• Democratization
• Mexico's Democratic Consolidation and the Future.
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Thoroughly grounded in Mexican history and based on extensive field research, this acclaimed introduction examines the roots of Mexico's contemporary political culture and its democratic transformation. Now in its sixth edition, Politics in Mexico: Democratic Consolidation or Decline? has been revised and updated in order to address three major changes that have occurred since 2006: the broad effort of Mexico to consolidate its democracy, President Calderon's aggressive, proactive strategy against drug cartels, and the effects of the 2008 global recession. Author Roderic Ai Camp provides an analysis of numerous aspects of Mexican political and economic development, highlighting controversial issues related to electoral democracy, drug-related violence, poverty, human rights, and the country's economic and political relationship with the U.S. Engagingly written by one of the top scholars in the field, Politics in Mexico, Sixth Edition, is essential reading for students of Mexican or Latin American politics, comparative politics, and Mexican history. NEW TO THIS EDITION * Adopts as a central theme the failures and successes in Mexico's effort to consolidate its democracy since 2000 * Examines the influence of the 2006, 2009, and 2012 elections on democracy * Incorporates new findings from 200 studies by national and international scholars * Offers fascinating insights, from survey research, of changing Mexican attitudes toward democracy and social justice * Explores how the 2008 recession has hindered Mexico's ability to reduce poverty * Expands coverage of social movements * Increases comparisons with the U.S. and Canada * Provides an in-depth look at drug-related violence.
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• About the Contributors
• Part I: Introduction
• 1. The Democratic Transformation of Mexican Politics- Roderic Ai Camp
• Part II: Political Development
• 2. Democracy from Independence to Revolution - Jaime E. Rodriguez O.
• 3. Mexican Elections, 1910 to
• 1994: Voters, Violence and Veto Power - Paul Gillingham
• 4. Mexican Democracy in Comparative Perspective - Peter H. Smith
• Part III: Institutions as Transformational Actors
• 5. Municipalities and Policy Making - Andrew Selee
• 6. Invigorating Federalism: the Emergence of Governors and State Legislatures as Powerbrokers and Policy Innovators - Caroline C. Beer
• 7. The Dinosaur that Evolved: Changes to the PRI's Gubernatorial Candidate Selection, 1980 to 2009 - Joy Langston
• 8. Holding Power: The PAN as Mexico's Incumbent Party - Steven T. Wuhs
• 9. PRD and the Left - Kathleen Bruhn
• 10. Ulysses, the Sirens, and Mexico's Judiciary: Increasing Pre-Commitments to Strengthen the Rule of Law - Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle
• 11. The Fall of the Dominant Presidency: Lawmaking under Divided Government in Mexico - Benito Nacif
• Part IV: Changing Roles
• 12. Civil-Military Relations in Mexico: The Unfinished Transition - Jordi Diez
• 13. Mexican Political Elites in a Democratic Setting - Roderic Ai Camp
• 14. Big Business, Democracy, and the Politics of Competition - Strom Thacker
• 15. Organized Labor and Politics in Mexico - Graciela Bensusan and Kevin J. Middlebrook
• Part V: New Actors
• 16. Democracy in the Newsroom: The Evolution of Journalism and the News Media - Sallie Hughes
• 17. Social and Indigenous Movements in Mexico's Transition to Democracy
• - Shannan Mattiace
• 18. Human Rights and NGO's - Mariclaire Acosta
• 19. Women and Grassroots Politics - Victoria E. Rodriguez
• 20. Drug-Traffickers as Political Actors in Mexico's Nascent Democracy - John Bailey
• Part VI: Electoral Politics and the Changing Political Landscape
• 21. Changing Dimensions of National Political Elections - James A. McCann
• 22. Mexico's Campaigns and the Benchmark Elections of 2000 and 2006 - Jorge I. Dominguez
• 23. The Return of <"the Local>" to Mexican Politics - Jonathan Hiskey
• Part VII: Demographics and Political Attitudes
• 24. Who is the Mexican Voter? - Alejandro Moreno
• 25. Polling and Pollsters as Agents of Change: An Historical Account of Public Opinion
• Research in Mexico from 1938 to 2010 - Pablo Paras and Miguel Basanez
• 26. Regionalism in Mexican Electoral Politics - Joseph L. Klesner
• Part VIII: Politics and Policy Issues
• 27. United States-Mexican Relations and Mexican Domestic Politics - Pamela K. Starr
• 28. Domestic and National Security Challenges in Mexico - David A. Shirk
• 29. Mexico-US Migration Policy: Historical Review and Contemporary Challenges
• - Marc R. Rosenblum
• 30. Economy as Grand-Guignol: The Post-reform Era in Mexico- William P. Glade
• 31. The Path of Economic Liberalism - Mark Eric Williams
• Index.
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Since achieving independence from Spain and establishing its first constitution in 1824, Mexico has experienced numerous political upheavals. The country's long and turbulent journey toward democratic, representative government has been marked by a tension between centralized, autocratic governments (historically depicted as a legacy of colonial institutions) and federalist structures. The years since Mexico's independence have seen a major violent social revolution, years of authoritarian rule, and, finally, in the past two decades, the introduction of a fair and democratic electoral process. Over the course of the thirty-one essays in The Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics some of the world's leading scholars of Mexico will provide a comprehensive view of the remarkable transformation of the nation's political system to a democratic model. In turn they will assess the most influential institutions, actors, policies and issues in its current evolution toward democratic consolidation. Following an introduction by Roderic Ai Camp, sections will explore the current state of Mexico's political development; transformative political institutions; the changing roles of the military, big business, organized labor, and the national political elite; new political actors including the news media, indigenous movements, women, and drug traffickers; electoral politics; demographics and political attitudes; and policy issues.
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This detailed and accessible text gives readers a general introduction to all aspects of Mexican politics and the necessary historical grounding to understand it. Camp provides up-to-date information on such timely topics as decision-making, political participation, citizen socialization, voter behaviour, and electoral politics. The book also offers original analysis of the 2006 presidential election, and compares voter behaviour and electorial outcomes with the 2000 and 2003 elections. This text is perfect for classes in Mexican Politics, Latin American Politics and comparative politics.
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The 2000 election of Vicente Fox to the presidency of Mexico has changed the political landscape of that country dramatically. What had been a semi-authoritarian and tepid electoral democracy has been transformed into a full-scale functioning democratic model. Including data from two recent major research projects, Camp discusses the historical background and evolution of voter behavior responsible for sweeping Mr. Fox into office. Engaging and clearly written by one of the top scholars in the field, this text is essential reading for courses in Mexican or Latin American politics, comparative politics, and Mexican history.
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