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Presented is a bibliography of 374 works on the labor movement in Mexico divided into the following general topics: history; labor movement, society, politics, & the economy; branch-related studies (general, services, education, heavy industry, & agriculture); bibliographical compendia; & books. S. Karganovic

Darstellung der Position Mexikos im internationalen System mit Hinweisen auf den geschichtlichen Prozeß der Einbindung des Landes in internationale Organisationen unterschiedlicher Aufgabenbereiche und die traditionelle Partizipation und Eigeninitiative bei der Vertretung von Interessen der Dritten Welt. Hervorhebung der besonderen Bedeutung der Organisation der Nichtpaktgebundenen Staaten als Einflußfaktor für die Formulierung der mexikanischen Innen- und Außenpolitik

The Mexican railway system, begun under the Juarez government, was constructed as an extension of the United States network; United States industrial development required exploitation of Mexican resources, & thus the railway was built accordingly. The electrical & mining industries (& later petroleum) were the determining factors in route selection. Railways were staffed overwhelmingly (especially managerially) by Americans. The first railway workers' organizations arose initially to protest the systematic exclusion of Mexicans from higher positions, but gradually demanded better treatment in other respects. However, the weaknesses of the Mexican working class, eg, lack of a program & inability to transcend the aspirations of bourgeois democracy, were common to the railwaymen also. Between 1915 & the 1940s, the railwaymen played an important role in efforts to unify the labor movement. In 1938, when the railways were nationalized, the government turned their management over to the labor union. The Mexican Communist party opposed this measure on the grounds that it would restrict the union's independence in defending worker interests. In 1940, worker control of the railways was abolished, & an autonomous governing body assumed this task. In the 1958/59 strikes, the initial railway workers' grievance was low salaries, but demands broadened to include democratization of the trade union & general revision of the collective bargaining agreement. The strikes were repressed violently & failed to accomplish their broader objectives. However, they unmasked the reactionary character of the Lopez Mateos government, which had tried to conceal its nature behind democratic phraseology. S. Karganovic.

The influence of the Mc on the political & economic development of Mexico at key junctures of its modern constitutional history is discussed, focusing on Mc political ideology. Historical examples of Mc political intervention examined are the Ayuntamiento of 1808, the Revolution against Spain, the liberal constitution of 1824, the centralized constitution of 1843, the Diaz Dictatorship, & the 1917 Queretaro constitution. S. Karganovic