 | Term | Definition |
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accomodation |
an agreement between a government and important interest groups in response to the interest groups' concerns about government policy or program benefits |
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agro-export model of developement |
a strategy for economic developement in which a country exports agricultural products, minerals and petroleum, and imports manufactured goods |
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anti-clericalism |
opposition to the political power of religious institutions or the clergy |
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civil society |
a network of voluntary associations that exists outside the state, such as professional organiztions, trade unions, student and women's groups, religious bodies, fraternal organizations, athletic leagues, musical societies, etc. |
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coup d'etat |
the constitutionally unauthorized removal of an existing government by force |
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clientelism |
an informal aspect of policymaking in which a powerful patron offers resources such as land, contacts, protection or jobs in return for the support and services of lower-status and less powerful clients; corruption, preferential treatment and inequality are charcteristic of clientelist politics |
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corporatism |
a political system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state or dominant political party |
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divided government |
a government in which the president or chief executive is from a different political party than the political party that has a majority in, or which dominates, the national legislature |
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ejido |
land granted by the Mexican government to an organized group of peasants |
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ejidatario |
a recipient of an ejido land grant |
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export-centered developement strategy |
a strategy for developement in which a country exports goods and services in which it has a comparative advantage; part of a neo-liberal developement model |
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GATT |
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, a multilateral agreement that sought to promote freer trade among countries; predecessor to the WTO |
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Import-substituting industrialization |
a strategy for industrialization in which a country manufactures domestically goods that it previously imported, in order to satisfy domestic market demands |
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informal sector |
the portion of an economy largely outside goverment control in which emoloyees work without contracts or benefits |
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interest groups |
organizations that seek ro represtn the interest (usually the economic interests) of their members in dealing with the government |
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maquiladora |
a mexican factory (usually near the US border) that produces goods for export |
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NAFTA |
the North American Free Trade Agreement, an agreement in which Mexico, the US and Canada committed themselves to the elimination of the trade barriers among them |
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neo-liberal model of developement |
a strategy for economic developement in which a country promotes open competition among business firms in its national market, and gives relatively free rein to market forces |
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Para-statal |
state-owned, or state-controlled, corporations created to undertake a broad range of activities, from the control and marketing of agricultural production to the provision of banking services and the operation of airlines, other transportation facilities an public utilities |
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patron-client relations |
neofeudal realtionships in which "patrons" gain the support of "client" through the mutual exchange of benefits and obligations |
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presidencialismo |
the traditional concentration of power, formal and informal, in the office of the Mexican president |
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sexenio |
the six-year term that a Mexican president serves in office |
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state capitalism |
an economic developement strategy in which the state guides the process of private industrial and agricultural developement, encourages the formation of investment capital and the establishment of businesses, and protects domestic businesses from foreign competition |
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state corporatism |
a political system in which the state requires all members of a particular economic sector to join an officially designated interest group |
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tecnico |
a career-minded bureaucrat who administres public policy according to technical, rather than political, criteria |
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WTO |
the World Trade Organization, an international body that enforces agreements that reduce barriers to international trade; successor to the GATT |
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