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This book brings together scholars from anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology, all of whom take interdisciplinary approaches in their investigation of the social and political implications of neoliberalism in Mexico.
List of contents
Neoliberal Reform and Politics in Mexico: An Overview; (Gerardo Otero); NAFTA and the Struggle for Neoliberalism: Mexicos Elusive Quest for First World Status; (Gustavo del Castillo V); The Debt Crisis and Economic Restructuring: Prospects for Mexican Agriculture; (Marilyn Gates); From Export-Oriented to Import-Oriented Industrialization: Changes in Mexicos Manufacturing Sector, 19881994; (Enrique Dussel Peters); Mexicos Old and New Maquiladora Industries: Contrasting Approaches to North American Integration; (Gary Gereffi); The Mexican Political Pretransition in Comparative Perspective; (Iln Semo); The Private Sector and Political Regime Change in Mexico; (Francisco Valds Ugalde); Economic Restructuring, State-Labor Relations, and the Transformation of Mexican Corporatism; (Judith Teichman); Democracy for Whom? Womens Grassroots Political Activism in the 1990s, Mexico City and Chiapas; (Lynn Stephen); Rural Reforms and the Zapatista Rebellion: Chiapas, 19881995; (Neil Harvey); Crossing Borders: Labor Internationalism in the Era of NAFTA; (Barry Carr); Mexicos Economic and Political Futures; (Gerardo Otero).
About the author
Gerardo Otero is associate professor of Latin American studies and sociology at Simon Fraser University.
Summary
This book brings together scholars from anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology, all of whom take interdisciplinary approaches in their investigation of the social and political implications of neoliberalism in Mexico.
