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Mexico is undergoing its worst economic cr1s1s since the world depression of the 1930s. In this volume contributors analyze significant patterns that might affect political stability and legitimacy, economic viability, and social change over the next several years, often reaching controversial conclusions. They argue, for example, that the military is not likely to change its present civil-military role; that political opposition, rather than political violence or pressure from foreign governments, will have the most profound influence on the changing pattern of political legitimacy and system stability; and that decision-making in the private sector may have the greatest potential to resolve or exacerbate the current crisis. Finally, they suggest that because economic conditions have been altered so dramatically in the recent period, Mexican policymakers will need to develop a new range of political alternatives to stabilize the economy and redirect the country's future.

Based on a decade of field research, this work is the first book-length, scholarly examination in English of the role of Catholicism in Mexican society since the 1970s through 1995, and the increasing political activism of the Catholic church and clergy. It is also the first analysis of church-state relations in Latin America that incorporates detailed interviews of numerous bishops and clergy and leading politicians about how they see each other and how religion influences their values. It is also the first analysis of the Mexican Catholic Church which uses national survey research to examine

El autor plantea que la familia mexicana es importante como fuente de socializacion ya que los hijos tienden a tener actitudes politicas similares a las de sus padres. Los politicos mexicanos han sido afectados de esta manera. La cuarta parte de los entrevistados consideraron que su familia habia sido de mucha importancia en su formacion politica

Political technocrats in Mexico are a group of individuals whose level of education, discipline of study, experiences abroad and career all lead them to stress the use of specialized knowledge for solving human and social problems. Political technocrats have been increasing in number in Mexico and they now dominate the agencies responsible for allocating federal revenues to economic and social problems

No issue in Mexican politics received more attention in selecting the 1982 presidential candidate than the role of the technocrat. The technocrat's influence on the Mexican state has had widespread consequences, such as changing political recruitment patterns, altering the socialization of political leaders, shifting career channels essential to advancement within the political system, and most significantly, causing adjustments in the stability of the political system. Crucial to any discussion of the changing role played by the technocrat in Mexican politics is a clear understanding of the term technocrat. This essay therefore will discuss conceptualizations of the technocrat, attempt a working definition of the term in the Mexican context, provide empirical evidence as to the presence of technocrats in Mexican politics, and suggest possible consequences for the political system.

FIRM TRADITION PRECLUDES MILITARY MEN FROM CONTENDING FOR THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY AND EXPECTS ASPIRANTS TO HAVE HELD CABINET POSTS. THE "PRECANDIDATES" HAVE USUALLY BEEN EDUCATED AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. IN THE FOLLOWING STUDY OF THE BACKGROUNUD AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS OF "PRECANDIDATES" FROM 1945 THROUGH 1981, PROFESSOR CAMP NOTES THAT AN INCREASING NUMBER OF THEM HAS ATTENDED FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES, RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING, AND PURSUED BUREAUCRATIC AND/OR TECHNOCRATIC CAREERS. THEY COME FROM A SMALL, HOMOGENEOUS GROUP OF POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES. THESE TENDENCIES MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR MEXICO'S POLITICAL SYSTEM.