{"product_id":"downsizing-the-state-dag-macleod-9780271026985","title":"Downsizing the State: Privatization and the Limits of Neoliberal Reform in Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1983, the Mexican government implemented one of the most extensive programs of market-oriented reform in the developing world. \u003ci\u003eDownsizing the State\u003c\/i\u003e examines a key element of this reform program: the privatization of public firms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon interviews with government officials, business executives, and labor leaders as well as data from government archives and corporate documents, MacLeod highlights the difficulties of linking market reforms to improved public welfare. Privatization failed to live up to its promise of raising living standards or decentralizing the economy. Indeed, privatization actually increased the concentration of wealth in Mexico while redirecting the economy toward foreign markets. These findings contribute to theoretical debates regarding state autonomy and the embeddedness of economic action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacLeod calls into question the autonomy of the Mexican state in its privatization program. He shows that the creation of markets where public firms once dominated has involved both the destruction of social relations and the construction of new relations and institutions to regulate the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dag MacLeod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271026987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271026985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.34w x 0.74d","brand":"Dag MacLeod","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202113552639,"sku":"9780271026985","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd408eff-52ab-4aa0-ac38-0cecdd02d2be.jpg?v=1756819679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/downsizing-the-state-dag-macleod-9780271026985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}