Mexico - Camp, Roderic Ai

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Résumé :

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


• POLITICAL MAP OF MEXICO


• INTRODUCTION


• PART I MAJOR ISSUES FACING MEXICO TODAY


• Chapter 1: Security and Violence in Mexico


• Why does Mexico have so much drug violence today?


• Has Mexico always had a drug problem?


• Which areas of Mexico are most affected by drug violence, who are the primary targets, and does the violence spill across the border?


• How are Mexico's security problems America's problems?


• What is the origin of the drug cartels and which organizations are the major cartels?


• What role has Mexico played in the U.S. Northern Command?


• What do Mexicans consider to be the most important issues facing the country?


• Does Mexico exercise political sovereignty throughout the republic?


• Chapter 2: Mexico's Economic Development


• How poor is Mexico?


• How is Mexico addressing its poverty?


• What is the economic relationship between Mexico and the United States?


• What is the impact of NAFTA on Mexico?


• What is the state of Mexico's economy today?


• What kind of economic model does Mexico follow?


• What does the Mexican economic model teach us about development?


• Why is Mexico City so polluted and can these conditions be altered?


• How has Mexico addressed domestic and cross-border environmental issues?


• Chapter 3: Mexico's Political Development


• When did Mexico become democratic?


• How democratic is Mexico?


• Why did Mexico make the democratic transition so slowly?


• What can Mexico teach us about civil-military relations?


• Why has Mexico been so stable since the 1930s?


• What is the impact of the United States on Mexico's political development and democratization?


• Chapter 4: Foreign Relations with the United States


• What is the impact of geography on Mexico?


• What has happened with immigration to the United States?


• Could the International Boundary and Water Commission serve as an institutional model for other issues with the United States?


• What can the United States do to help Mexico?


• How has Mexico influenced the United States economically?


• Chapter 5: Mexico's Social Development


• How unequal is Mexican development and what are the social consequences?


• What is the current status of indigenous Mexicans?


• What are Mexican attitudes toward global environmental issues?


• PART II HISTORICAL LEGACIES


• Chapter 6: Mexico's Colonial Heritage


• How did the Spanish viceroys shape Mexico's political heritage in the 19th and 20th centuries?


• What was the relationship between church and state in Mexico and why was it so different from that of the United States?


• What consequences did the colonial relationship between church and state have for the 19th and 20th centuries?


• What is the most important heritage of Spain's economic system in Mexico?


• How were social class relations determined by colonial experiences?


• Chapter 7: The National Period and the Rise of Liberal-Conservative Conflicts


• What are the long-term consequences of Liberal-Conservative conflicts in Mexico?


• Who started the Mexican-American War and how did it affect relations with the United States?


• Who was Benito Ju??rez?


• What was the War of the Reform?


• Why was the Constitution of 1857 so important?


• Who was Porfirio D??az and what w...

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• What was the influence of Plutarco El??as Calles on the formation of a modern Mexican state?


• What is the National Revolutionary Party (PNR)?


• Who was L??zaro C??rdenas and how did he influence Mexico's political model?


• Why did Mexico nationalize the petroleum industry in 1939?


• Did Mexico participate in World War II?


• When did civilian leadership take control of the Mexican political system?


• What is the Alem??n generation and what were its consequences for Mexican politics?


• What is the PRI?


• What is the Mexican economic miracle?


• What is the PAN?


• THE DECLINE OF THE PRI AND THE MEXICAN MODEL


• What was the Tlatelolco student massacre in 1968 and what were its long-term political consequences?


• What was the Dirty War in Mexico?


• What was the impact of the 1964 electoral reforms?


• What were the leading political characteristics of Mexico's semi-authoritarian model?


• What were the consequences of the nationalization of the banks in 1982?


• Did Mexico's economic woes in the 1980s have significant political consequences?


• Chapter 9: Mexico's Democratic Transition


• How did Carlos Salinas alter the Mexican political model?


• Why is the presidential election of 1988 a benchmark for democracy in Mexico? 1


• Who is Cuauht?(c)moc C??rdenas and what is the PRD?


• What is NAFTA and how did Carlos Salinas change Mexico's economic model?


• Who are the technocrats?


• When did an opposition party win its first governorship in Mexico?


• What was the Zapatista uprising of 1994 and what were its political consequences?


• What were the consequences of the Zapatistas for civil-military relations?


• Why is the presidential election of 1994 considered a second benchmark in the democratic transition?


• What was the role of the Catholic Church in the 1994 presidential race?


• What were the consequences of the assassination of the PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994?


• How did President Zedillo contribute to the democratic transition?


• What is the Mexican bailout?


• PART III MEXICO'S PRESENT AND FUTURE


• Chapter 10: Mexico's Democratic Consolidation


• POLITICS OF DEMOCRACY


• Why was the 2000 presidential race essential to Mexico's democratization?


• Who is Vicente Fox?


• What was the Transparency Law?


• What is Amigos de Fox?


• What was the role of the private sector in the democratic consolidation?


• What are the most important interest groups?


• What was the role of the media in the process of democratic consolidation?


• What role did intellectuals play in Mexico's democratization?


• FURTHER CONSOLIDATION


• What happened in the 2006 presidential race and how did it strengthen Mexican political institutions?


• Why did Felipe Calder??n win the election?


• Who is Manuel Andr?(c)s L??pez Obrador?


• Why did PRI win the 2012 Presidential Election?


• What is the National Electoral Institute?


• What do the Mexican people think about the government's war on drugs?


• What impact does the army's mission against drug cartels have on civil-military relations?


• How do Mexicans define democracy and how committed are they to democratic governance?


• What do Mexicans expect from democracy?


• What is the Pact f...