Mexico's Dilemma: The Political Origins of Economic Crisis

by Luis Rubio F., Roberto Newell G.

This book analyzes the crisis Mexico experienced in 1982 on the basis of the historical evolution of Mexico's political and economic structures. The purpose of this book is to provide an interpretation of Mexico's problems in that decade and to provide a lesson for what must me done to solve some profound dilemmas and reestructure Mexican society. The main dilemma Mexico faced at that that time was its vanishing consensus. By tracing the development of the consensus that characterized the country in its modern history, the authors hope to convice the reader that Mexico needs to shape a new consensus and that such task is one for which all Mexicans (individuals and heads of groups, sectors, ane entities) are responsible. What is most astonishing is the relavance of these arguments for Mexico more than 20 years later.

319 pages, Hardcover

Published October 21, 1984