State-society relations in Mexico : clientelism, neoliberal state reform, and the case of Conasupo
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State-society relations in Mexico : clientelism, neoliberal state reform, and the case of Conasupo
(The political economy of Latin America series)
Ashgate, c2001
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Social policy is the quintessential lever available to Mexican presidents to manage state-society relations in general and assuage social tension in moments of economic and political crisis. This work examines State-society relations in Mexico and the case of Conasupo, the National Basic Foods Company of Mexico. It analyzes the Conasupo Modernizacion Plan (1990-1994), which promised to privatize various assets, to end general subsidies, to reduce a large Conasupo labour force, and yet to impose a neoliberal or "needs-based" alternative at the parastatal.
Table of Contents
- State-society relations in Mexico - clientelism, neoliberal state reform, and the case of Conasupo, apendices - an overview of Conasupo development (1961-1988)
- the policy formation period - incentives, actors and institutional constraints
- neoliberal objectives, policy responses and political constraints
- the switch from general to targeted consumer subsidies - three case studies of programmes under the CMP
- administrative reform under the CMP (1990-1994)
- Conasupo and social welfare policy (1994-1997), apendices - survey of employee opinions
- clientelism and neoliberalism - lessons from Conasupo.
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