Government-Business Relations and Regional Development in Post-Reform Mexico

• Main Author: Kahn, Theodore (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Latin American Political Economy
• Subjects: Latin America-Politics and government.; Political science.; Economic development.; Social change.; Political economy.; Latin American Politics.; Governance and Government.; Regional Development.; Development and Social Change.; International Political Economy.

This book explores the political economy of subnational development in Mexico. Like much of Latin America, Mexico underwent market reforms and democratization in the late 20th century. In addition to transforming national institutions, these changes led to sharp political and economic divergence amo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Governing Subnational Economies
• 3. Origins and Consequences of Divergent Private Sector Organization in Puebla and Querétaro
• 4. Building Institutions for Cooperation in Querétaro, 1979-1991
• 5. Partisan Rivalry between Government and Business in Puebla, 1981-1993
• 6. Consolidation of a Developmental Alliance in Querétaro, 1991-1997
• 7. Authoritarian Political Economy and Global Integration in Puebla, 1993-1999
• 8. Querétaro's Rising Star in the Global Economy, 1997-2009
• 9. Institutional Erosion and Economic Stagnation in Puebla, 1999-2011
• 10. Conclusion.