Description

Book Synopsis
Drawing on candid interviews with former Mexican officials, a journalist reveals the inside story of the “perfect dictatorship” they once ran.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Presidents of Mexico, 1924-2006
  • Introduction: The Politicians' Testimony
  • Chapter 1: Politics at the Heart of the State
  • Chapter 2: The Strange Mexican State
  • Chapter 3: Did Structural Economic Failure Cause the Crises?
  • Chapter 4: The Macroeconomics of Elite Conflict
  • Chapter 5: The Crises That Didn't Happen
  • Chapter 6: The Unwritten Rules
  • Chapter 7: The End of Stability
  • Chapter 8: Struggle
  • Chapter 9: Schism
  • Chapter 10: The Inevitability of Elite Politics
  • Appendix A: Mexican Fiscal Data
  • Appendix B: The Pre-Electoral Spending Cycle
  • Notes
  • Interview List
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780292717589, 978-0292717589
      ISBN10: 029271758X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on candid interviews with former Mexican officials, a journalist reveals the inside story of the “perfect dictatorship” they once ran.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • List of Presidents of Mexico, 1924-2006
      • Introduction: The Politicians' Testimony
      • Chapter 1: Politics at the Heart of the State
      • Chapter 2: The Strange Mexican State
      • Chapter 3: Did Structural Economic Failure Cause the Crises?
      • Chapter 4: The Macroeconomics of Elite Conflict
      • Chapter 5: The Crises That Didn't Happen
      • Chapter 6: The Unwritten Rules
      • Chapter 7: The End of Stability
      • Chapter 8: Struggle
      • Chapter 9: Schism
      • Chapter 10: The Inevitability of Elite Politics
      • Appendix A: Mexican Fiscal Data
      • Appendix B: The Pre-Electoral Spending Cycle
      • Notes
      • Interview List
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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