Mexico : Economic, Political and Social Issues.

Intro -- MEXICO: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- MEXICO: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 IS NAFTA BEHIND THE MEXICAN EXPORT BOOM (1994-2000)? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTION AND STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE DATA -- 3. ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATE MEXICAN FOREIGN TRADE -- 3.1. Exports -- 3.2. Imports -- 4. EXTENDING THE ANALYSIS TO DISAGGREGATE DATA -- 4.1. Existence of Long-Run Relationships in Disaggregate Data -- 4.1.1. Cointegration Tests for Disaggregate Exports -- 4.1.2. Cointegration Tests for Disaggregate Imports -- 4.2. Stability of the Long-Run Relationships of Disaggregate Data -- 4.3. Stability Tests for Disaggregate Exports -- 4.4. Stability Tests for Disaggregate Imports -- 5. ERROR-CORRECTION MODELS -- 5.1. Error-Correction Models for Disaggregate Exports -- 5.2. Error-Correction Models for Disaggregate Imports -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 MEXICO -- TRADE SUMMARY -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- IMPORT POLICIES -- Tariffs and Market Access -- Agricultural Products -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues -- Administrative Procedures and Customs Practices -- STANDARDS, TESTING, LABELING AND CERTIFICATION -- GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) PROTECTION -- Copyright Protection -- Patent, Trademark, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Chemical Data Protection -- Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) -- SERVICES BARRIERS -- Telecommunications -- Television and Radio -- Competition -- INVESTMENT BARRIERS -- Ownership Reservations -- Chapter 3 MEXICO-U.S. RELATIONS: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* -- ABSTRACT -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONSHIP -- Political Developments -- Heightened Violence in Mexico [3] -- Economic Conditions -- Socio-Economic Conditions -- Remittances.

Foreign Policy Challenges -- BILATERAL ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- U.S. Assistance to Mexico -- Accounts -- Migration/Border Issues -- Nature of the Immigration Problem -- Executive Initiatives -- Human Smuggling -- Border Security -- Security and Prosperity Partnership.[22] -- Drug Trafficking Issues -- The Mérida Initiative Proposal.[33] -- Trade Issues[36] -- Functioning of NAFTA Institutions -- Recent Trade Disputes -- Trucking -- Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup -- Tuna -- Avocados -- Other Trade Disputes -- Political and Human Rights Issues -- Concerns over Elections and Political Rights -- Allegations of Human Rights Abuses -- LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 110TH CONGRESS -- Enacted Legislation -- P.L. 110-161, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 -- P.L. 110-53, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 -- P.L. 110-28, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 -- Additional Legislative Initiatives -- S. 9 (Reid), Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 -- S. 132 (Allard), Methamphetamine Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2007 -- S. 575 (Domenici) / H.R. 2431 (Cuellar), Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007 -- S. 844 (Feinstein) Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007 -- S. 1007 (Lugar), United States-Brazil Energy Cooperation Pact of 2007 -- S. 1216 (Domenici), Laser Visa Extension Act of 2007 -- S. 1269 (Inhofe), Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act of 2007 -- S. 1348 (Reid), Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 -- S. 2348 (Cornyn), Emergency Border Security Funding Act of 2007 -- H.R. 98 (Dreier), Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2007 -- H.R. 133 (Gallegly), Citizenship Reform Act of 2007 -- H.R. 305 (Pearce).

H.R. 371 (Berman), AgJOBS Act of 2007 -- H.R. 502 (Cuellar), Prosperous and Secure Neighbor Alliance Act of 2007 -- H.R. 1645 (Gutierrez), Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 -- H.R. 2642 (Edwards), Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008 -- H.R. 3270 (Filner), Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2007 -- H.R. 3531 (Brown-Waite), Accountability in Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007 -- H.R. 4065 (Sensenbrenner), Border Enforcement, Employment Verification, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2007 -- H.R. 4088 (Shuler), SAVE Act of 2007 -- H.R. 4192 (Tancredo), Optimizing Visa Entry Rules and Demanding Uniform Enforcement Immigration Reform Act of 2007 -- H.R. 4329 (Kaptur), NAFTA Accountability Act of 2007 -- H.R. 4987 (Jones, Walter B. Jr.), Fence By Certain Date Act of 2008 -- H.R. 5863 (Cuellar) -- H.R. 5869 (Rodriguez) -- S. 2867 (Bingaman), Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2008 -- H.R. 6028 (Berman), Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 -- H.Res. 18 (Goode) and H.Res. 22 (King, Steve) -- H.Res. 499 and S.Res. 239. H.Res (Smith, Sessions) -- H.Res. 1087 (Kaptur) -- H.Con.Res. 22 (Goode) -- H.Con.Res. 40 (Goode) -- H.Con.Res. 119 (Goode) -- FOR ADDITIONAL READING -- Mexico -- Immigration and Border Security -- Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Criminal Gangs -- Economic Issues -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 ARCHITECT OR HOME BUILDER? PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, MEXICO, AND THE MISUNDERSTOOD EUROPEAN REFERENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE U.S. - MEXICO MIGRATION "HONEYMOON" -- ASSESSING THE HONEYMOON -- THE U.S. - MEXICO INITIATIVE AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: FROM HONEYMOON TO LIMBO -- Chapter 5 FREE TRADE AND WOMEN IN BUSINESS: WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

BUSINESS WOMEN'S GAINS IN CHILE AND THE MERCOSUR AND NAFTA COUNTRIES -- WOMEN'S BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE AMERICAS -- ABSTRACT -- THE ELEMENTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE EMERGING ECONOMIES OF LATIN AMERICA -- Relative Advantages -- Relative Disadvantages -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 MODELING ASYMMETRIC CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND DEMAND EQUATIONS FOR BRIDGING GAPS IN RETAILING† -- INTRODUCTION -- Related Contributions -- Customer Value and Choice Probabilities -- Behavioral Asymmetry and Customer Choice -- Organizational Influences on Customer Values -- Objectives and Design of Model -- Construct of Model -- Choice Variability and demand equation -- Consumer Choice for New Products -- Customer Value Enhancement -- CONCLUSION AND MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 COMING TO TERMS WITH ABORTION IN MEXICO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ACCESS TO ABORTION SERVICES -- THE MEDICAL DEMOGRAPHY OF ABORTION -- MAKING ABORTIONS SAFER AND RARER -- THE COURSE OF THE ABORTION DEBATE -- THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ABORTION -- THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE ABORTION DEBATE -- The Mexican Catholic Church -- Dissenting Catholicism -- The Feminist Push for Abortion Rights -- Health Care Providers -- INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES ON THE ABORTION DEBATE -- BARRIERS TO REFORMING ABORTION POLICY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 AN INTERACTION MODEL OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION BASED IN HISPANIC PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEX -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SELF-EFFICACY -- MODEL OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION BASED IN PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEX -- Parent-Adolescent Interactions -- Cultural Characteristics -- Allocéntrism -- Time Orientation -- Gender Roles -- Fatalism.

Attitudes -- Beliefs -- Knowledge -- Preventive Behaviors -- Adolescent Behaviors -- Parent Behavior -- HIV/AIDS Prevention -- Things to be Aware of when Working with the Hispanic Population -- IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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