Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Cambridge University Press, 9/6/2001
EAN 9780521790345, ISBN10: 0521790344
Hardcover, 274 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
The shift from state-led to market-oriented, neoliberal economic policies has been one of the most important changes in the developing world during the last two decades. Although much existing research has focused on why countries choose these neoliberal policy reforms and how they implement them, Richard Snyder's study offers an analysis of politics after neoliberalism. The book proposes a framework that explains how neoliberal reforms, rather than unleashing market forces, actually trigger 're-regulation' processes involving strategic interactions between political entrepreneurs and societal groups. Depending on the strengths and strategies of politicians and societal groups, reregulation results in different types of new institutions for market governance with contrasting consequences for economic efficiency and social justice. This framework is used in conjunction with an innovative subnational comparative method to analyze evidence from four Mexican states about the politics of reregulation.
Part I. The Framework and Comparative Analysis
1. Rethinking the consequences of Neoliberalism
2. From deregulation to regulation in the Mexican coffee sector
Part II. The Cases
3. Remaking corporatism from below
a participatory policy framework in Oaxaca
4. When corporatism and democracy collide
an exclusionary policy framework in Guerrero
5. Peasants and oligarchs
stalemate and transition to a participatory policy framework in Chiapas
6. Oligarchs as the dominant force
an exclusionary policy framework in Puebla
Part III. The Conclusion
7. After neoliberalism
what next?