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Mexico's Economic Dilemma
The Developmental Failure of NeoliberalismCritical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series
48,99 € |
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Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 16.07.2010 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780742568488 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 226 |
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<span><span><span>Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise begin with an examination of Mexico's pivotal economic crisis of the 1980s and the consequent turn toward an export-led economy, later anchored by NAFTA. They show how Mexico, after abandoning frequently successful past practices of state-led development, disastrously tied its future to an unconditional reliance on foreign corporations to promote an export-led growth strategy. <br><br>Focusing on Mexico's cheap labor export model, the authors use the maquiladora sector and the auto industry as case studies of the perils of globalization—the "race to the bottom" as capital becomes ever more international. The government's unconstrained free-market policies, they convincingly argue, have resulted in a fragmented economy marked by stagnation, falling wages, informal part-time employment, and massive migration, which define daily life for all but a tiny minority.</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise begin with an examination of Mexico's pivotal economic crisis of the 1980s and the consequent turn toward an export-led economy, later anchored by NAFTA. They show how Mexico, after abandoning frequently successful past practices of state-led development, disastrously tied its future to an unconditional reliance on foreign corporations to promote an export-led growth strategy. This strategy, they convincingly argue, has resulted in a fragmented economy marked by stagnation, falling wages, informal part-time employment, and massive migration, which define daily life for all but a tiny minority.</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Chapter 1: Mexico's Socioeconomic Structure and the Current Crisis<br>Chapter 2: The Political Economy of Mexico's Export-Led Model<br>Chapter 3: NAFTA: U.S. Restructuring, Mexican Realignment<br>Chapter 4: The Maquiladora Sector: Building Block of Mexico's Export-Led Model<br>Chapter 5: The Disguised Maquila Sector and Beyond<br>Chapter 6: The Direct Exportation of Mexican Labor<br>Chapter 7: The International Political Economy of Capital Restructuring</span></span><br><span><span>Epilogue</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>James M. Cypher</span><span> is a research professor in the doctoral program in development studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. </span><span>Raúl Delgado Wise</span><span> is director of the doctoral program in development studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas.</span></span></span>