La política económica durante el gobierno de Francisco I. Madero

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

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 ...

An excellent analysis of the nature and scope of Mexican social assistance programs, recent systemic changes, political implications and future considerations.

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.