New Directions for Mexico

 
Mural detail: "The History of Mexico," Diego Rivera.

The Spring 2001 event series "New Directions for Mexico" will continue to look at political, economic, and social dimensions of the transition in Mexico. Continue to check this space for write-ups of these events and additional articles. Funding provided by the Hewlett Foundation.


Spring 2001

Special Seminar

Enrique Dussel Peters
"Socioeconomic Challenges During Mexico's Transition"
Fridays in April, 2001, 1:30 -3:30 p.m.
CLAS conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street


CLAS Visiting Scholar Enrique Dussel Peters is a professor of economics at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM) and a consultant for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). He was a member of Mexico's Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) from 1997 to 2000, and is the author of numerous articles and books on the political economy of Mexico, social effects of economic change, and Nafta. Recent books include Polarizing Mexico. The Impact of Liberalization Strategy (2000); El Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica y el desempeño de la economía en México (2000); and Changes in Industrial Organization of the Mexican Automobile Industry by Economic Liberalization (1997, with Clemente Ruiz Durán and Taeko Taniura).
This class covered the historical and conceptual path to liberalization strategy; macroeconomic sectoral and social effects of the liberalization strategy; and the industrial organization and territorial development: the case of electronics in Jalisco.

COURSE SYLLABUS and ADDITIONAL READINGS

View PowerPoint slides from Sessions 2 and 3 of the course.



Public Lecture
"Economic Challenges of the New Fox Administration in Mexico"
Thursday, April 12, 4 p.m.
CLAS conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street


CLAS Visiting Scholar Enrique Dussel Peters is a professor of economics at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM) and a consultant for the Economic Commission for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). He was a member of Mexico's Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) from 1997 to 2000, and is the author of numerous articles and books on the political economy of Mexico, social effects of economic change, and Nafta. Recent books include Polarizing Mexico. The Impact of Liberalization Strategy (2000); El Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica y el desempeño de la economía en México (2000); and Changes in Industrial Organization of the Mexican Automobile Industry by Economic Liberalization (1997, with Clemente Ruiz Durán and Taeko Taniura).

E.D. Peters

CLAS Event Series on Mexico and the U.S. and Mexico

 
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