Don't disturb the neighbors : the United States and democracy in Mexico, 1980-1995 / Jacqueline Mazza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazza, Jacqueline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.

United States.

International relations.

Mexico.

Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Democracy--Mexico--History--20th century.

Mexico--Politics and government--1988-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2001.

Summary:

Offering often-surprising insights into American foreign policy, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Government's public statements and actions regarding democracy in Mexico. Spanning the years from the Central American crisis of the Reagan administration through the 1995 Mexican peso crisis, Mazza uses revealing interviews with many of the leading U.S. policy officials to probe beneath the surface of American foreign policy toward Mexico and question the set of aging, unexamined assumptions under which it operates. By chronicling and analyzing how the United States has treated democracy in Mexico, she adds a new understanding to United States-Mexico relations and to the nature of U.S. policy-making on democracy. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Contents:

2. The First Reagan Administration: Public Criticism Emerges Slowly 9

3. The Second Reagan Administration: Bilateral Tensions Peak and Recede 31

4. The Bush Administration and NAFTA 61

5. The Clinton Administration Secures NAFTA 91

6. The Clinton Administration and the 1994 Mexican Presidential Elections 101

7. The Clinton Administration and the Peso Crisis 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-192) and index.

ISBN:

0415923042

0415923050

OCLC:

44019320