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Mexico Since 1980 (The World Since 1980)
Mexico Since 1980 - The World Since 1980
Author: Stephen Haber, Herbert S. Klein, Noel Maurer, Kevin J. Middlebrook
This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced rule of law? The answer to those questions lies in the ways in which Mexico...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521608879
ISBN-10: 0521608872
Publication Date: 7/21/2008
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book appeals to history and political science buffs who like dense detail in their economic analyses. It does explain the decades of bone-headed policies that led to Mexico's spectacular economic collapse in the 1980s, requiring a new currency. There's a valuable explanation of land title reform and how this is slowly leading to more mortgage lending by banks. The bibliography is lengthy and covers sources in both English and Spanish.


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