The lost sexenio: Vicente Fox and the new politics of economic reform in Mexico

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 135-160

  Pastor Jr , Manuel ^a   Wise, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC REFORM; ELECTION; POLITICS;

EID: 29544435170     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2005.tb00331.x     Document Type: Article

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