Description
This book is a study of economic policymaking in Mexico focusing upon the sexenio (the six-year term) of Lopez Portillo—the era of the petroleum boom, the 1982 economic crisis, and the eventual bank nationalization.
Table of Contents
Underdevelopment and State Policy -- Historical Roots of the 1982 Crisis -- Genesis of Policy Change: From Shared Development to the Petroleum Export Strategy -- PEMEX Expansionism and the Politics of Rapid Petroleum Development -- Defeat of the Petroleum Export Strategy: Intrabureaucratic Conflict and Policy Incoherence -- Debt and Economic Crisis -- State Interests and the Politics of Patronage and Stabilization -- Conclusion -- Appendix
