Mexico Since 1980 (The World Since 1980) | 
| Authors: Stephen Haber, Herbert S. Klein, Noel Maurer, Kevin J. Middlebrook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0521608872
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.083
EAN: 9780521608879
ASIN: 0521608872
Publication Date: July 21, 2008
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Product Description
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's long history with authoritarian government shaped its judicial, taxation, and property rights institutions. These institutions, the authors argue, cannot be reformed with the stroke of a pen. Moreover, they represent powerful constraints on the ability of the Mexican government to fund welfare-enhancing reforms, on the ability of firms and households to write contracts, and on the ability of citizens to enforce their basic rights.
Book Description
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's long history with authoritarian government shaped its judicial, taxation, and property rights institutions.
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