Administración y política en la historia de México

"Es un intento de leer, en forma comprensiva (previa a toda crítica), aunque no necesariamente aprobatoria, los textos histórico-políticos de Alamán. Estima que un diálogo con él, con sus tesis (conservadoras) y con sus intenciones es necesario para comprender la historia de México. Se basa en las dos obras clásicas de Alamán: Disertaciones sobre la historia de la Republica Mejicana (1884-89), Historia de Méjico desde los primeros movimientos que prepararon su independencia en el año 1808, hasta la época presente (1849-52), aunque los títulos completos de estas obras y sus fechas ...

Sharply critical analysis of Mexico's recent round of ambitious structural reforms, particularly of oil industry and finance reforms, which author says show direct line of descent from 18th-century Bourbon reforms, politics of Porfirio Diaz and neoliberal ideals of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, historical antecedents vilified by many on left in Mexico. Author was Mexico's youngest elected governor and is currently serving in Congress.

Los de abjo treats what is perhaps the saddest period in modern Mexican history, a period of aimless slaughter when a whole nation was plunged into strife by leaders who had few clear ideas of what they were striving for. The reader shares the same disillusionment that the author himself must have felt as he met leader after leader whose revolutionary zeal was merely a disguise for base passions and desires.

"Detailed documentation of the implementation of the Plan Nacional de Desarrollo for the years 1989-94. Contains sections on the goals of the plan, the methods of implementation, and an assessment of accomplishments. Also includes the extensive legislation surrounding the plan"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.