adopt policies that will enable American corporations to gain access to resources in developing countries. Unfortunately for the small farmers in Mexico, these resources often are on the lands to which they would gain access through meaningful land reform.
It should be noted that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development views Mexico's reversal of the country's earlier land reform as a positive step. The OECD, situated in Paris, has the luxury of pontificating about the economic efficiencies of throwing Mexican peasants off their land. The Mexican government, however, has no such luxury and must deal with revolutionaries in the provinces.
Mexico, to paraphrase Rapaczynaki has attempted to create a modern political and social structure without first building a strong and effective economy, the participants in which, will demand the changes in the political and social structures that they want. Largely, that top-down approach to the creation of the Mexican state and Mexican society appears to be at the root of Mexico's problems. As Olson observed, governments must apply social logic as well as economic logic in developing and implementing their policies and initiatives.
This research surveys and analyzes economic, political, and social change in Mexico. Largely, this survey and analysis covers the past two decades with some projection for the country's future. The findings of this research are presented in three major discussions: (1) Economics, Politics, and Social Change in Mexico: The Past; (2) Economics, Politics, and Social Change in Mexico: The Present; and (3) Economics, Politics, and Social Change in Mexico: The Future.
Economics, Politics, and Social Change in Mexico: The Past
Economic, political, and social change experiences of Mexico prior to 1990 are considered in this discussion. A major economic development in Mexico prior to 1990 was the emergence of the country's huge external ...