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Rethinking the Politics of Market Reform: Coalitions, Institutions and Policy Change in Mexico

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ISBN-10: 074251112X

ISBN-13: 9780742511125

Edition: 2001

Authors: Mark Williams

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Market Reforms in Mexico examines Mexico's reform experience in privatization, deregulation, and environmental policy. More than simply a book on Mexican politics, this study speaks to the broader political dynamics behind the success or failure to implement reforms; first, by assessing new policy initiatives in multiple arenas across presidential administrations in Mexico, then by comparing Mexico's privatization experience to that of Argentina's. Through structured, focused comparison of select case studies, the author argues that the fate of dramatic reform initiatives turned on coalition politics (both inside and outside the state), and explains how institutional dynamics and the…    
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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.76" wide x 8.98" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Ian Stewart, PhD, received his doctorate from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and is a faculty member in the psychology department at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His academic research focuses on the analysis of language and cognition from a relational frame theory perspective, and he has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on this topic.

List of Illustrations
Principal Acronyms
Preface
Introduction and Theory
Caught in the Paradigm Shift
Explaining Policy Reform: Strategies, Institutions, and Coalitions
Case Studies
Privatizing Aeromexico, Cananea, and Sicartsa
Deregulating Freight Transport
The Challenge of Environmental Policy Reform
Generalizing the Argument and Conclusion
Policy Reform in Comparative Perspective: Privatization in Argentina
Rethinking the Politics of Reform: Retrospect and Legacies
Field Interviews, Mexico City
Bibliography
Index
About the Author