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UNDERSTANDING THE MEXICAN ECONOMY

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UNDERSTANDING THE MEXICAN ECONOMY

A Social, Cultural, and Political Overview

BY

ROY BOYD

Ohio University, USA

MARIA EUGENIA IBARRARÁN

Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico

ROBERTO VÉLEZ-GRAJALES

Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, Mexico

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Dedication

To the young Dreamers, on both sides of the border …

Acknowledgements

This project is the culmination of research that has been ongoing for a number of years. It would have been impossible to complete this without the help of many individuals in academic institutions, government agencies, international organizations, and private non-partisan foundations. We would like to thank the following people who have given us so much help. Any errors committed, opinions expressed, or conclusions made in this book, however, are solely our own and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any other individual, agency, or center.

We have received a great deal of help from our colleagues, students, and the administrative staff at Ohio University, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, and Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias. Indeed, we have benefited immensely from the timely comments of our professional colleagues there and elsewhere. In particular, we would like to thank Arturo Antón, Alejandra Elizondo, José Luis Garcia, Juan Carlos Belaustiguigoitia, Janie Chermak, Spencer Lucas, Betsy Partyka, Susan Shroad, Rosemary Rossiter, Sara Lichtin Boyd, and Roberto Duncan for reading and commenting on large portions of the manuscript. The final product benefited greatly from their efforts. We would also like to thank our research assistants and students Luis Ángel Monroy-Gómez-Franco, Rocío Espinosa, Claudia E. Fonseca, Alejandra Chávez, Flor Santillán, José Antonio Sánchez, Katia Salas, Ryan Brune, and Francis Anagbonu for their many hours of assistance in preparing the figures, tables, and text of this book. We owe a great deal to the efforts of our editors Nick Wolterman, Sophie Barr, and Charlotte Maiorana, and we would like to express our appreciation for their helpful comments, their constant encouragement, and their immense patience.

Finally, we want to offer our deep thanks to our spouses Sara, Gustavo, and Ania, and to our children Karla, Sharon, Jerónimo, José Emilio, and Patricio for their support and understanding during what has been a lengthy process.

R.B.

M.E.I.

J.V.C.