1. Identify forms of political participation in Mexico. Consider the role of political parties, voting, interest groups, protests, and civil society. 2. Describe how political rights have increased in Mexico in the last twenty years. Describe how civil liberties have increased in Mexico in the last twenty years. V. Mexican Political Economy and Current Issues Terms of Consider: Import substitution GATT Article 27 industrialization (ISI) NAFTA Crisis of 1994 nationalists inflation maquiladoras liberals oil food prices high tariffs OPEC agricultural sector subsidized credit Iranian Revolution informal economy subsidized energy Oil market crash ambulantes low labor costs Foreign lending pollution PEMEX Foreign debt human rights parastatals neoliberalism corrumption Guiding Questions: 1. Describe one policy response of the Mexican government to economic globalization. Describe one organized response of Mexican citizens to economic globalization. 2. Does Mexico qualify as a resource trap? Why or why not?
1. Identify forms of political participation in Mexico. Consider the role of political parties, voting, interest groups, protests, and civil society. 2. Describe how political rights have increased in Mexico in the last twenty years. Describe how civil liberties have increased in Mexico in the last twenty years. V. Mexican Political Economy and Current Issues Terms of Consider: Import substitution industrialization (ISI) nationalists liberals high tariffs subsidized credit subsidized energy low labor costs PEMEX parastatals GATT NAFTA inflation oil OPEC Iranian Revolution Oil market crash Foreign lending Foreign debt neoliberalism Article 27 Crisis of 1994 maquiladoras food prices agricultural sector informal economy ambulantes pollution human rights corrumption Guiding Questions: 1. Describe one policy response of the Mexican government to economic globalization. Describe one organized response of Mexican citizens to economic globalization. 2. Does Mexico qualify as a resource trap? Why or why not?
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