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President Ernesto Zedillo's trip to Europe in 1996 led to a new cooperation agreement between Mexico & the European Union (EU). Even then, the EU held the second place in Mexico's regional foreign policy priorities, regarding trade, investments, & scientific & technological cooperation. Today, the EU is Mexico's best alternative to balance the excessive concentration of its economic relations with the US. Toward the end of the Zedillo administration, exchanges with the 15 member states represented only 6% of Mexico's total foreign trade, but thanks to the new agreement, this percentage could significantly increase during the Fox administration. However, at the end of the Zedillo administration, the EU was still Mexico's second investment partner, holding close to 20% of the total capital channeled toward the Mexican economy. Mexico hopes that the EU will consider it an equal partner, in spite of the asymmetry of the relationship. What cannot be denied is that the new agreement with the EU can considerably increase Mexico's self-determination, & counterbalance the excessive concentration of its relations with the US. Adapted from the source document.

A 33-volume edition of the complete works of Max Weber is projected in West Germany. It will consist of books, speeches, correspondence, manuscripts, & lecture notes. S. Karganovic

An 88-item bibliography of works by & about Max Weber, including: critical works; panoramic studies; biographies; studies of religion, rationality, social evolution, philosophy of history, methodology, & science & values; Weber's relation to historicism, neo-Kantianism, existentialism, & Marxism; & studies of his empirical research. S. Karganovic

The concept of rationality is the key element that unifies Max Weber's work, however, no consensus exists on its meaning or relevance. The notions that Weber had a monolithic concept of rationality & that it was part of an evolutionist theory of history are rejected. The reductionist reinterpretations of Weber's concept of rationality are criticized, especially that of Herbert Marcuse, who charged that Weber failed to take into account the irrational elements implicit in the "technocratic instrumental rationality" of Western capitalist societies. 1 Table. S. Karganovic

The notion of justice can be analyzed from various viewpoints, eg, as a phenomenon to be studied for its own sake, or as a goal of the political system. The latter viewpoint was given considerable impetus in the Anglo-Saxon countries by the publication of John Rawls's Theory of Justice (1971 [no further publication data given]). However, in spite of his intentions of providing a transhistorical conceptualization of justice, Rawls's theory was linked too closely to the presuppositions of Anglo-Saxon political association to have universal validity. In this light, various concepts of justice are examined from Ancient Greece & Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Marxist theory, & the Viennese jurist Hans Kelsen (What is Justice, Law, and Politics in the Mirror of Science, Los Angeles: U Calif Press, 1957), leading to the conclusion tha the idea of justice is closely tied to the predominant political values of the specific epoch. M. Meeks

Uno de los rasgos más notables del sistema político mexicano ha sido el predominio del poder ejecutivo no sólo sobre el legislativo sino también sobre las demás instituciones y prácticas políticas del país. Con frecuencia se ha señalado que ese predominio presidencial había relegado deliberadamente al Congreso a un segundo plano, restándole atribuciones y sometiéndolo a su voluntad. Tal interpretación del funcionamiento de la división de poderes en el sistema político mexicano rara vez fue cuestionado porque la pasividad del poder legislativo era, en muchos aspectos, más que evidente. Sin embargo, conforme el país ha experimentado cambios políticos y los partidos de oposición han obtenido una mayor presencia e influencia en las dos cámaras, el poder legislativo ha tenido también una mayor participación e importancia en la política nacional. El presente libro recoge ensayos que demuestran plenamente que el Congreso, aun cuando estuviera subordinado al ejecutivo federal, fue una institución que influyó en el sistema político.