MEXICOOOO Flashcards
Sexenio
The six-year administration of Mexican presidents
Corporatist state
a state in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the structure
Import Substituting Industrialization (ISI)
Strategy for industrialization based on domestic manufacture of previously imported goods to satisfy domestic market demands
Informal Sector
That portion of hte economy largely outside gov. control in which local tradtional rulers and political strucutes used to help support the colonial governing structure
Mestizo
A person of mized white, indigenous (Amerindian), and sometimes African descent
Indigenous Groups
Population of Amerindian heritage in Mexico
Maquiladoras
Factoreis that produce goods for export often located along side the US-Mexican Border
Clientism
Patronage JOBS
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NAFTA
largely eliminates trade barriers among the three nations and establishes procedures to resolve trade disputes. NAFTA serves as a model for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Americas zone that could include most Western Hemisphere nations.
Civil Society
the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state, for example, professional associations (lawyers, doctors, teacher), trade unions, student and women’s groups, religious bodies, and other voluntary association groups. The term is similar to society, although civil society implies a degree of organization absent from the more inclusive term society.
Proportional Representation
a system of political rep. in which seats are alloted to parties within multi-member constituancyies
PR usually encourages the election to parlement of more political parties thatn winner take all
Para-statal
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State Owned Enterprises
State-owned (or at least state controlled corps) created to undertake a broad range of conrol on activities
marketing to agricutlure
Co-Optation
incorporating activists into the system while accommodating some of their concerns
Camarillas
Vast informal networks of personal royalty that operates as powerful political cliques
INFLUENCE on poltix
Chamber of Deputies
LOWER HOUSE OF MX legislature
