The Mexican Political System

Mexican Reception of ‘ Political Essay ’ 1

One might argue that historians’ neglect of Carlos Díaz Dufoo’s 1918 work, México y los capitales extranjeros (Mexico and Foreign Capital), is justified. After all, it did not achieve its goal of stemming economic nationalism and persuading policymakers to create a more favorable climate for foreign capital. But his book was significant in another way. It was the first comprehensive critique of...

The Mexican Electricity Sector: Economic, Legal and Political Issues

The origins of the Mexican Electric Power System can be traced back to the year 1879, when the first thermoelectric plant started its operation, mainly to satisfy the textile industry in the city of Leon, in the state of Guanajuato. At these early stages, the main goal of the electricity supply industry was that of satisfying the demand of the textile and mining industries (like “Real del Monte...

Mexican immigration and health care: a political economy perspective.

This paper examines the case of Mexican immigrants in the United States and their access to medical services within a political economy of health framework. Such an approach stresses that the provision of health care is independent of health factors per se and that access to health care is not equally distributed throughout a population. The first section reviews the three major concepts influe...

1 the Political System Revisited :

David Easton is considered one of the founding fathers of political science. He has had a tremendous, in particular tacit, influence on the development of modern political analysis. Ironically, however, his concept of political system is generally thought of as a minor offspring of Parsons’s theory of the social system. Nearly all of Easton’s critics presume that his political system is based o...

The National Housing Political System