Daniel C. Levy, Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York, Albany, is the coauthor of Mexico: Paradoxes of Stability and Change (1983). Kathleen Bruhn, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of Taking on Goliath: The Emergence of a New Left Party and the Struggle for Democracy in Mexico (1997). Emilio Zebadua, Harvard University Ph.D. and ex-Secretary of Political Affairs for the state of Chiapas, is now a member of the Mexican Congress.

"A wonderful guide to the social, economic, and political changes in contemporary Mexico." - Miguel Centeno, author of Democracy Within Reason"

• Acronyms and Abbreviations Acknowledgments Map Foreword by Lorenzo Meyer 1. The Changing Course of Development 2. Legacies of Undemocratic Development 3. The Rise of Political Competition 4. Difficult Democracy 5. The State and the Market 6. Mexico in a U.S.-Led World 7. Bilateral Issues 8. The Struggle for Democratic Development Notes Selected References Index