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Frank and passionate discourse on and analysis of Mexican political system from second half of 20th century to present. This work brings together many of Meyer's observations on roots and persistence of corruption in contemporary Mexico and explores nexus between economic interests and party politics in context of extreme disparity of wealth distribution in country. Texts provide much-need explanation of failed democratic transition in Mexico. Meyer is internationally renowned political scholar/historian and influential political commentator

As of World War II, the Mexican political elites decided to leave their differences with the United States behind; instead, they sought to exploit shared views. All in all, they did not abandon the effort to preserve the legitimacy acquired from maintaining the ground already gained by the relative independence attained by Mexico through the Revolution. This process of adjustment of the Mexican project vis-a-vis the United States took place within the framework of the consolidation of post-revolutionary authoritarianism at the internal level & the external context of the Cold War. Finding the tone & content of the substantive guidelines of those relations was complicated & took three presidential terms in Mexico. Adapted from the source document.

Since the 1830s decade the United States has been the great constant in Mexico's relationship with its setting. That is why the significant variables that explain the history of its foreign policy are: (1) the specific circumstances of the international system, (2) the nature of the national project vis-a-vis the United States in each period, (3) the internal elements of power and (4) the sill and ability of the Mexican ruling class to maximize its relative sovereignty at every stage or in every situation. This article observes the behavior of those four variables, from World War II to date. Adapted from the source document.