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Big Business, The State, And Free Trade Develops A General Explanation Of Trade Policy Coalition Politics And Uses It To Explain The Opening Of Mexico's Economy. It Emphasizes The Role Of Business And State Actors In Constructing Competing Trade Policy Coalitions. The Book Traces The Formation And Relative Strength Of A Protectionist And A Free Trade Coalition Across A Series Of Policy Episodes From The 1970s To The 1990s. It Pays Particular Attention To Nafta, Which Consolidated A Strong Free Trade Coalition Between Big Business And State Elites. The Conditions That Strengthened The Free Trade Coalition Have Also Contributed To Higher Levels Of Political And Economic Instability Since 1994. Coalition Politics Is Likely To Become More Important As Mexico's Political System Democratizes.--book Jacket. 1. Introduction: International Context, Domestic Interests, And Mexican Trade Reform -- 2. Coalition Politics And Free Trade -- 3. Structural Power Relations Between Business And The Mexican State -- 4. Trade Policy Coalitions In The 1980s -- 5. Assembling Teams And Building Bridges -- 6. Business Participation In The Nafta Negotiations -- 7. Conclusion: Mexico In Comparative Perspecti

Author

Strom Cronan Thacker

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521781688

Subjects

Business, Political Science, Economics