TY - BOOK ID - 25520071 TI - Mexico since 1980 PY - 2008 SN - 9780521846417 9780521608879 9780511790683 9780511415241 0511415249 0521846412 0521608872 0511414560 9780511414565 0511790686 9786611775506 6611775501 9780511412950 0511412959 9780511412950 110717547X 1281775509 0511412029 0511413874 9781281775504 9780511412028 9780511413872 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Social policy KW - Economic policy and planning (general) KW - Internal politics KW - Mexico KW - Authoritarianism KW - Democratization KW - History KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Authority KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Mexico - History - 1988 KW - -Authoritarianism - Mexico - History - 20th century KW - Democratization - Mexico - History - 20th century KW - Mexico - History - 1970-1988 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25520071 AB - This 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. ER -