Political Reformism in Mexico : An Overview of Contemporary Mexican Politics

Morris, Stephen D.

Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc（1995/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 320 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781555875725
• DDC分類 320.972

Full Description

Do political reforms unleash the forces of fundamental change? Or do they alleviate the pressures for change? Posing these questions, Morris explores the historical ability of Mexico's one-party-dominant, authoritarian regime to weather frequent periods of political and economic crisis, as well as its potential for surviving into the coming century. Part 1 of the book traces Mexico's contemporary political crisis and the efforts of President Miguel de la Madrid (1982-1988) and Carlos Salinas (1988-1994) to ""change the system to save it"". Part 2 then provides three complementary comparative approaches: regional, historical, and cross-national. The regional perspective looks at reformism in Mexico at the state level. The historical perspective compares the periods of crisis/reform through the 1990s. And the cross-national perspective considers how the most recent crisis resulted from changing global conditions that challenged authoritarian regimes throughout the world - and why, in contrast to other countries, Mexico successfully adapted to and overcame these obstacles.