Manana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans

Name: Manana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans
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ISBN: 9780375703942

ISBN-10: 0375703942

ISBN-13: 9780375703942

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Authors: Jorge G. Castaï¿½eda, Jorge G. Castaï¿½eda

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Why are Mexicans so successful in individual sports, but deficient in team play? Why do Mexicans dislike living in skyscrapers? Why do Mexicans love to see themselves as victims, but also love victims? And why, though the Mexican people traditionally avoid conflict, is there so much violence in a country where many leaders have died by assassination?In this shrewd and fascinating book, the renowned scholar and former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda sheds much light on the puzzling paradoxes of his native country. Here’s a nation of 110 million that has an ambivalent and complicated relationship with the United States yet is host to more American expatriates than any country in the world.…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Jorge G. Castaneda is the author of several books, including "Perpetuating Power, The Mexican Shock" (both published by The New Press), and "Utopia Unarmed". Having served as Mexico's foreign minister from 2000 to 2003, he is currently Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University. He divides his time between Mexico City and New York City.



Acknowledgments


Preface



Why Mexicans are Lousy at Soccer and Don't Like Skyscrapers



At Last: A Mexican Middle Class



Victims and Enemies of Conflict and Competition



Finally Mexican Democracy



The Power of the Past and the Fear of the Foreign



At Last: An Open Society, an Open Economy an Open Mind?



Illusory Laws, Lawless Cynicism



The Law of the Land, or the Land of the Law?



The Future in Real Time


Notes


Index