Mexico's Economic Dilemma The Developmental Failure of Neoliberalism
| Author/creator | Cypher, James M. Author |
| Other author | Wise,Raúl Delgado Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated |
| Description | 226 p. ill 09.120 x 06.100 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation 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. 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 globalizationthe "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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780742556614 |
| ISBN | 0742556611 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780742556614 |
| Stock number | 00022954 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |