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Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Raul 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. 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherRowman & Littlefield
ISBN-139780742556614
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046650471
Product Key Features
Number of Pages226 Pages
Publication NameMexico's Economic Dilemma: the Developmental Failure of Neoliberalism
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics, Government
Publication Year2011
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaRegional History
AuthorJames M. Cypher, Raul Delgado Wise
SeriesCritical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height232 mm
Item Weight363 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJames M. Cypher, Raul Delgado Wise