Reforming the State in Mexico
Mexico's great political challenge of the early 21st century, already being grappled with during President Vicente Fox's administration, is how to reform the state while also enhancing its democracy and bolstering its international trade position. The end of Mexico's seven decades of dominance by a single party has opened the doors to heightened party competition, which makes consensus difficult to achieve and reform correspondingly slow.
Publications
Reforming the State in Mexico: The Challenge after Fox and NAFTA edited by Christopher Welna and Edward (Ted) Beatty. (Notre Dame Press, forthcoming)
Conference
Reforming the State in Mexico: The Challenge after Fox and NAFTA
November 18-19, 2004