This comprehensive and engaging text explores contemporary Mexico's political, economic, and social development and examines the most important policy issues facing the country today. Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current and accessible work available on Mexico’s politics and policy.
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Contemporary Mexican Politics
This comprehensive and engaging text explores contemporary Mexico's political, economic, and social development and examines the most important policy issues facing the country today. Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current and accessible work available on Mexico’s politics and policy.
This comprehensive and engaging text explores contemporary Mexico's political, economic, and social development and examines the most important policy issues facing the country today. Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current and accessible work available on Mexico’s politics and policy.
Emily Edmonds-Poli is department chair and associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of San Diego.
David A. Shirk directs the master’s program in international relations and is professor of political science and international relations at the University of San Diego.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Map of Mexico x
Introduction
Part I: Mexican Political Development
1 Mexico’s Historical Foundations
2 The Mexican Revolution and Its Legacy
3 Postrevolutionary Mexican Politics, 1940– 1968
4 Mexican Democratization, 1968– 2000
5 Contemporary Mexican Politics, 2000 to the Present
Part II: Political Institutions, Culture, and Society