Downsizing the State: Privatization and the Limits of Neoliberal Reform in Mexico

by Dag Macleod

Beginning in 1983, the Mexican government implemented one of the most extensive programs of market-oriented reform in the developing world. Downsizing the State examines a key element of this reform program: the privatization of public firms.Drawing upon interviews with government officials, business executives, and labor leaders as well as data from government archives and corporate documents, MacLeod highlights the difficulties of linking market...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271026987
• ISBN13: 9780271026985
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"