Contemporary Mexican Politics

By (author) Emily Edmonds-Poli, David A. Shirk

Publication date:

23 July 2015

Length of book:

366 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442220256

Now in a thoroughly updated edition, this comprehensive and engaging text explores contemporary Mexico’s political development and examines the most important policy issues facing Mexico in the twenty-first century. The text to this revised edition is richly supplemented by new figures and tables that illustrate broad political, social, and economic trends and by boxes that provide in-depth treatment of a variety of subjects and concepts. Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current and accessible work available on Mexico's politics and policy.

List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I: Mexican Political Development
Chapter One: Mexico’s Historical Foundations
Chapter Two: The Mexican Revolution and Its Legacy
Chapter Three: Postrevolutionary Mexican Politics, 1940–1968
Chapter Four: Mexican Democratization, 1968–2000
Chapter Five: Contemporary Mexican Politics, 2000 to the Present

Part II: Political Institutions, Culture, and Society
Chapter Six: Government Structure and Processes
Chapter Seven: Political Parties and Elections in Mexico
Chapter Eight: Mexican Political Culture
Chapter Nine: Mexican Civil Society

Part III: Key Domestic Policy Issues
Chapter Ten: Mexico’s Political Economy
Chapter Eleven: Poverty, Inequality, and Social Welfare Policy
Chapter Twelve: The Rule of Law in Mexico

Part IV: Mexican Foreign Relations
Chapter Thirteen: Mexican Foreign Policy
Chapter Fourteen: U.S.-Mexico Relations

Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Authors

Edmonds-Poli and Shirk do a masterful job of making the Mexican political system—one of the most complex in the developing world—comprehensible to students. The authors succeed in demonstrating both how far Mexico has come and how much remains to be done to consolidate its nascent democracy, making this an ideal text for both Mexico-focused courses and broader surveys of Latin American politics.