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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815263503321

Autore

Cypher James M

Titolo

State and capital in Mexico : development policy since 1940 / / James M. Cypher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2019

ISBN

1-000-24106-8

0-429-30735-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 220 pages)

Collana

Series in political economy and economic development in Latin America

Disciplina

338.972

Soggetti

Free enterprise - Mexico

Mexico Economic conditions 1918-

Mexico Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In development studies it is widely recognized that state intervention has been more profound in Mexico than elsewhere in Latin America. Since the 1930s, successive governments have actively adopted import substitution as a means of spurring economic growth, often with spectacular results. The collapse of the petro-boom in 1982, however, brought an