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082	1		_aLAS 972.083 HAB _2
100	1		_aHaber, Stephen H.
245	1	4	_aMexico since 1980 _c/ Stephen H. Haber
260			_aCambridge _b: Cambridge University Press _c, 2008
300			_a244 p. _b: illus. _c; 23 cm
504			_aBibliography and index included
520			_aThis book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced rule of law? The answer to those questions lies in the ways in which Mexico's long history with authoritarian government shaped its judicial, taxation, and property rights institutions. These institutions, the authors argue, cannot be reformed with the stroke of a pen. Moreover, they represent powerful constraints on the ability of the Mexican government to fund welfare-enhancing reforms, on the ability of firms and households to write contracts, and on the ability of citizens to enforce their basic rights.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aAuthoritarianism
650		4	_aDemocratization
651		4	_aMexico _x-History _y-20th century
942			_cLAS
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