Entre la caridad y el derecho

"Important study of the Maximato (1928-34) sees Cardenismo as the culmination of - rather than the replacement for - many important political developments under Calles. Concludes that there were 'important differences' but also 'essential overlaps' between Calles and Cárdenas. Cardenismo would not have been possible without the Maximato"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Garrido, author of an outstanding historical study of the founding and early years of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, offers the first book-length analysis of the most important internal development within the party's structure: the Corriente Democrática. Analyzes party divisions which produced the Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas presidential candidacy in 1988"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"A reporter's detailed account, with considerable political insight, of the conflicts between the PRI and the opposition in the state of Michoacán, an intense microcosm of Mexico's political frustrations and electoral fraud occurring from 1886-1993"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

La obra muestra los dos rasgos que han marcado las complejas relaciones mexicano-norteamericanas: cooperación y desacuerdo, factores especialmente marcados durante el sexenio 1982-1988. Deuda externa, comercio, migración, narcotráfico, medio ambiente, política exterior, fueron, entre otros, algunos temas que ambos países abordaron bilateralmente. La írevolución conservadoraî de Ronald Reagan y la dramática crisis económica heredada por el gobierno de Miguel de la Madrid son sólo un par de aspectos de ese difícil momento histórico. Diplomático de carrera, Astié-Burgos presenció ...