Politics in Mexico - Softcover

Camp, Roderic A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195076125 ISBN 13: 9780195076127

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Designed as an introduction to the history and mechanism of Mexican politics, this well-known text works within the larger framework of comparative politics. Combining the clarity and accessibility of the first edition, this fully updated second edition now includes the latest research in the field, examining not only the roots of Mexico's contemporary political culture, but its structure of government and electoral process. The book begins with an introductory essay that offers a rationale for why the reader should study other cultures and compares and contrasts the various unique features of Mexico with other countries, including the United States. It then explores the specifics, looking into such issues as corruption, the role of interest groups in Mexico, American influence on political decisions, the bi-lateral relationship, and foreign policy. The book also examines the nature and recruitment of political leaders, how decisions are reached, elections and political participation, political values and their consequences, the impact of political and economic modernization since 1988, and the possibilities for Mexico's future. The new second edition includes coverage of the NAFTA agreement, the Chiapas uprising, the 1994 elections, the new Zedillo administration, and the 1995 economic crisis.

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Review

"An eminently readable and informative book...The last chapter on political modernization in Mexico should be read by everyone interested in the future course of politics in the US's neighbor..."--Choice (on the first edition) "An eminently readable and informative book...The last chapter on political modernization in Mexico should be read by everyone interested in the future course of politics in the US's neighbor..."--Choice (on the first edition) "An eminently readable and informative book...The last chapter on political modernization in Mexico should be read by everyone interested in the future course of politics in the US's neighbor..."--Choice (on the first edition) "An eminently readable and informative book...The last chapter on political modernization in Mexico should be read by everyone interested in the future course of politics in the US's neighbor..."--Choice (on the first edition)

About the Author

Roderic Ai Camp is Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim at Claremont McKenna College and serves on the Advisory Board of the Mexican Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution. His books include The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico (OUP 2010) and Mexico: What Everyone Needs to Know (OUP 2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195076125
• ISBN 13: 9780195076127
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208