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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and engaging text explores contemporary Mexico's political, economic, and social development and examines the most important policy issues facing the country today. Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current and accessible work available on Mexico's politics and policy.
Trade ReviewThis is the best current book in English to analyze and understand the institutions, politics, economics, and social development of contemporary Mexico. I highly recommend this as the text for any course on Mexican politics or policy at the undergraduate or graduate levels. -- Jorge A. Schiavon, CIDE-Mexico
Contemporary Mexican Politics is simply the best overview available in English to understand Mexico’s politics and society today. The volume is accessible yet thorough; up-to-date yet historically grounded. It’s the perfect introduction to understanding Mexico today—and also the historical forces that shaped today’s realities. -- Andrew Selee, president, Migration Policy Institute; author of Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
Edmonds-Poli and Shirk have crafted a fourth edition of this essential text on Mexican politics that brings us into the present and clearly identifies the key institutional and policy challenges faced by the AMLO administration. With firm foundations in history, the authors have expertly identified the most important patterns and trends in modern Mexican politics. This book should be required reading for all students of Mexican and Latin American politics. -- Duncan Wood, The Wilson Center
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Map of Mexico x
Introduction
Part I: Mexican Political Development
1 Mexico’s Historical Foundations
2 The Mexican Revolution and Its Legacy
3 Postrevolutionary Mexican Politics, 1940– 1968
4 Mexican Democratization, 1968– 2000
5 Contemporary Mexican Politics, 2000 to the Present
Part II: Political Institutions, Culture, and Society
6 Government Structure and Processes
7 Political Parties and Elections in Mexico
8 Mexican Political Culture
9 Mexican Civil Society
Part III: Key Policy Issues
10 Mexico’s Political Economy
11 Poverty, Inequality, and Social Welfare Policy
12 The Rule of Law in Mexico
13 Mexico on the World Stage
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Authors
