Big Business, the State, and Free Trade: Constructing Coalitions in Mexico

ISBN-13: 9780521781688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 256 str.

Strom C. Thacker (Boston University)

Opis

Explains trade policy coalition politics and the opening of Mexico's economy.

Recenzje

'This book takes a big step beyond one-sided accounts of trade policy, either statist or sectoral, to examine the groups within the state and in big business who allied to push Mexico into NAFTA. Thacker's richly documented study offers a penetrating analysis of Mexican politics in recent decades and contributes important theoretical insights for comparative debates on the crucial nexus between business and government.' Ben Ross Schneider, Northwestern University

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: international context, domestic interests and Mexican trade reform; 2. Coalition politics and free trade; 3. Structural power relations between business and the Mexican state; 4. Trade policy coalitions in the 1980s; 5. Assembling teams and building bridges; 6. Business participation in the NAFTA negotiations; 7. Conclusion: Mexico in comparative perspective; Appendix; References; Index.