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Examines Mexico President Vicente Fox's first state of the union address given after the first nine months of his administration in 2001. His financial proposals & poverty policies demonstrated continuity with those of the previous, long-time ruling party. Funding for public education & other social policies also remained consistent with the previous administration. In addition, Fox linked Mexico's economic path with the US, following tradition. His address showed originality in his overtures to the other political parties represented in the legislature & in his sincere request to work with them in continuing the nation's political reform toward a multiparty democracy. Adapted from the source document.

In this paper the author analyzes the outcomes of the education & health policies under Ernesto Zedillo's presidency presented in his fourth report of government (1 Sept 1998). The author uses data from the UN, World Bank, & the OECD to appraise the achievements of the social policy because of the growing influence that these organizations have in the formation & evaluation of Mexican government policies. Adapted from the source document.

Various economic & social development proposals have emerged in Mexico during the 1970s & 1980s that present conflicting views about the state's economic role. The state traditionally has been heavily involved in the economy due to beliefs inherited from the Mexican Revolution about the state's singular role in redistributing wealth. The devaluation of the peso in 1976 signaled the end of Mexico's "economic miracle," leading the government to increase its involvement in the economic sector without participation by private interests & without adequate institutionalization. The government's authoritarian role & a belief in Mexico's uniqueness stifled debate & useful comparative analyses with other countries such as France or Brazil. The crisis of 1982 initiated a new phase of state planning, including weak privatization, once again hampered by lack of debate about economic alternatives. The current economic recession has angered the Mexican people, which might interrupt the pursuit of liberalization & economic growth supported by foreign investment. Adapted from the source document.

Examines the social liberalism of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, based on analysis of his Mar 1993 speech in honor of the sixty-third anniversary of the foundation of the Partido Nacional Revolucionario, immediate antecedent of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. The revival of ideological principles upheld by nineteenth-century Mexican liberals is a central point in this discourse. The reality that inspired those thinkers is still in force, particularly the contrast between poverty & wealth. President Salinas's Solidarity program is aimed at reducing the polarization of Mexican social classes. However, postrevolutionary social liberalism has failed to reach this objective. Thus, there is a recognized need to "reform the revolution," though meaningful discussion of what this entails is lacking. R. Jaramillo