Changing Structure of Mexico : Political, Social and Economic Prospects.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (568 pages)
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 -- 8. NAFTA-Driven Changes in the Regional Pattern of Economic Growth in Mexico: Profile and Determinants -- 9. 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 -- 15. Industrial Development and Technology Policy: The Case of the Maquiladoras -- 16. 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 -- 22. The Political Participation of Women in Contemporary Mexico, 1980-2000 -- 23. 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 -- About the Editor.
Features a comprehensive presentation of Mexico's political, social, and economic issues. This 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; and more.