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| List of Figures, Maps and Tables | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Chronology of Mexican History | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mexico in the Latin American Context | |
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| Analytical Approach | |
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| Setting the Stage: An Introduction to Mexico | |
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| Brief Overview of Mexico's 20th Century Trajectory | |
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| Identification of Major Social Actors | |
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| Legacies | |
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| Pre-Colombian Mexico | |
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| The Colonial Period: 1521-1821 | |
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| Independence and the Early Republic: 1821-1910 | |
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| The Early Republic and the Liberal Reform: 1821-1876 | |
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| The Porfiriato: 1876-1910 | |
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| The Revolution: 1910-1940 | |
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| Forces in Conflict: The Trajectory of Revolution (1910-1920) | |
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| The Establishment of the Post-Revolutionary Order: I. The Sonoran Dynasty (1920-1934) | |
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| The Establishment of the Post-Revolutionary Order: II. The Government of L�zaro C�rdenas (1934-1940) | |
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| Discussion | |
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| The "Pax Priista" and the "Mexican Miracle" | |
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| The 1940 Elections and the Post-C�rdenas Administrations | |
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| The Mexican Political System: The Institutional Revolution | |
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| Mexico's Economic Miracle | |
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| Conceptualizing Development | |
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| The Economic Model | |
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| The "Economic Miracle" and Its Implications | |
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| Flaws in the Model | |
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| Resistance, Co-Optation and Repression | |
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| Labor and Peasant Resistance | |
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| The Student Movement of 1968 | |
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| From Vulnerability to Crisis | |
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| The Echeverr�a Government: The Limits to Reformism | |
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| Jose L�pez Portillo: Oil to the Rescue? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Reorienting Mexico's Economy: The Process of Economic Liberalization | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Changing Context/Shifting Alliances | |
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| International Context | |
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| Domestic Conditions | |
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| Economic Stabilization and Restructuring: 1982-1994 | |
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| Monetary Stabilization | |
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| Trade Liberalization | |
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| Privatization | |
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| Deregulation | |
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| The "Flexibilization" of Labor | |
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| The Modernization of the Countryside | |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement | |
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| The Impact of Economic Liberalization | |
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| From Euphoria to Disillusion: The Peso Crisis | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| From "Perfect Dictatorship" to Imperfect Democracy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Conceptualizations of Democracy and Democratic Transition | |
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| A Model of Democratization in Mexico | |
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| The 1988 Elections and the Administration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994) | |
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| 1994 and the Administration of Ernesto Zedillo (1994-2000) | |
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| Mexico's Political Trajectory: A Summary | |
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| The Fox Administration (2000-2006) | |
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| The Contentious Election of 2006 | |
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| Democratization in Mexico: Achievements and Obstacles | |
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| Mobilization and Resistance: Grassroots Organizing, Social Movements and Cycles of Protest | |
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| Perspectives on Social Mobilization and Protest Movements | |
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| Urban Protest Movements and the Asamblea de Barrios (Neighborhood Assembly) | |
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| Chiapas and the Zapatistas | |
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| Debtors in Revolt: The Barz�n Movement | |
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| The Risks of Being an Ecologist: Community Forestry and Human Rights in Guerrero | |
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| Labor Mobilization and the New Trade Unionism | |
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| Grassroots Protest in Oaxaca: Local 22 and the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) | |
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| Women in Social Movements | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Mexicans on the Move: Migration, Settlement and Transnational Activism | |
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| Introduction: Migration Stories | |
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| Concepts and Issues | |
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| Mexican Migration in Historical Perspective | |
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| "The border crossed us." | |
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| Migration during the Porfiriato and the Revolutionary Period | |
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| Migration between the 1940s and the 1970s | |
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| Political Activism among Mexican Americans in the United States | |
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| Economic Crisis, Neoliberalism and Contemporary Migration | |
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| The Mexican Presence in the United States Today | |
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| Living across Borders: Mexicans as Transnational Actors | |
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| Migration from a Traditional Sending Area: The Case of Zacatecas | |
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| Indigenous Migration: Mixtecs and Zapotecs from Oaxaca | |
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| Migration and Personal Transformation | |
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| Review and Discussion: Mexican Migration and U.S.-Mexican Relations | |
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| U.S.-Mexico Relations: Current Issues | |
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| NAFTA and the Mexican Economy | |
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| The Drug Trade | |
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| Migration Policies in the United States and Mexico | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Mexico's Evolution: Legacies and Challenges | |
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| The Evolution of Socio-Economic Actors | |
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| The Growing Heterogeneity of Political Actors | |
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| Changing External Relations and International Actors | |
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| Unresolved Issues and New Challenges | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |