La economía mexicana: Política y desarrollo

"Focuses on the government's liberalization of trade, particularly that with North America. Concludes with an excellent assessment of the pros and cons of the external sector reforms"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

El primer propósito de esta obra es elaborar una historia de la crisis estructural iniciada en México a principios de la década de los setenta y que perdura hasta la actualidad, a pesar de la instrumentación de distintas políticas para superarla.Se analiza entonces, la crisis del modelo de sustitución de importaciones durante los setenta; la reforma neoliberal iniciada a mediados de los años ochenta, así como la crisis de 1994-1995, punto de inflexión en la historia económica y política moderna de México, cuya gravedad se refleja en una generación de mexicanos marcada por el...

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Author Alejandra Mora explores a fascinating aspect of vernacular photography: the "amplifications in cloth", a long field research that started in the town of San Pablo Huitzo, Etla, Oaxaca, and spanned all the way into Mexico City with the intention of locating the creators of such unique portraits, who using new technologies have managed to satisfy customer demands. Illuminated images that satisfied the popular beauty conceptions of the body, hairstyles, fashion and jewelry, including the wedding photography.