Umfang:
Online-Ressource (568 p)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9780765614049
Serie:
Columbia University seminar series
Inhalt:
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
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Boxes, Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acronyms; Contributors; I. Introduction and Overview; 1. Reinventing Mexico; 2. Ideologies and Values; 3. Problems of Political Consolidation in Mexico; II. Current Policy Issues; 4. Mexican Foreign Policy; 5. Mexico's Foreign Economic Policy; 6. The Mexican Economy: Transformation and Challenges; 7. Regional Differences and the Economic and Social Geography of Mexico at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century
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8. NAFTA-Driven Changes in the Regional Pattern of Economic Growth in Mexico: Profile and Determinants9. Changes in Determinants of Tax Policy; 10. Changing Constraints of Monetary Policy: Distortions and Resolutions in Mexico's Financial System; 11. Mexico's Public Sector Debt and Debt Management; 12. Changing Patterns in Mexican Science and Technology Policy (1990-2003): Still Far From Economic Development; III. Changes in Sectors; 13. The Reshaping of Agricultural Policy in Mexico; 14. Mexican Oil, Gas, Electricity Generation, and Energy Consumption
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15. Industrial Development and Technology Policy: The Case of the Maquiladoras16. Principally Women: Gender in the Politics of Mexican Education; IV. Resources and the Environment; 17. The Environment: Or How Social Issues Affect the Commitment of Environmental Tasks; 18. Beyond Islands? Sustainable Rural Development in Mexico; 19. Flowing Uphill Toward Money: Groundwater Management and Ejidal Producers in Mexico's Free Trade Environment; V. Legal, Political, and Social Change; 20. The Justice System: Judiciary, Military, and Human Rights; 21. Institutionalizing Mexico's New Democracy
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22. The Political Participation of Women in Contemporary Mexico, 1980-200023. Religion, Church, and State in Contemporary Mexico; 24. Mexican Labor in a Context of Political, Social, and Economic Change, 1982-2002; 25. Mexico-U.S. Migration: Economic Effects and Policy Impact; 26. Understanding Mexican Philanthropy; 27. The Health of Women in Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges; 28. Nongovernmental Organizations and the Changing Structure of Mexican Politics: The Cases of Environmental and Human Rights Policy; 29. Change and Continuity in Attention to Poverty in Mexico; Index
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About the Editor
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ISBN 9781317475101
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ISBN 9780765614049
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Changing Structure of Mexico : Political, Social and Economic Prospects
Sprache:
Englisch
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