{"product_id":"mexican-workers-and-the-state-norman-caulfield-9780875651927","title":"Mexican Workers and the State: From the Porfiriato to NAFTA","description":"Almost eighty years before the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Ricardo Flores Mag n--revolutionary, anarchist, labor organizer and expatriate nationalist--challenged the prevailing social order of both Mexico and the United States. Mag n predicted that if Mexican workers failed to organize and shake off the yoke of capitalism, the nation would soon be dominated by foreign economic interests. And American workers, he warned, would find their firms and factories employing low-wage laborers in Mexico. Mag n's message: \"Mexico for Mexicans.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized labor, however, would never gain a strong foothold in Mexico. Although the Constitution of 1917 guaranteed the right of workers to organize and strike, government restrictions, a historically unstable economy and meddling by the American interests (including the IWW and the AFL), combined to limit the effectiveness of Mexican unions. \"Mexico for Mexicans,\" or working-class nationalism, was and is little more than rhetoric. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMexican Workers and the State\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Norman Caulfield traces the evolution of organized labor from its radical roots during the Mexican Revolution to its present status as a mere pawn in the game of Mexican politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe implementation of NAFTA in 1993 has been beneficial to some (almost one million low-wage workers are employed in the maquila industries south of the border), but it has also aggravated the question of workers' rights. Outside industries continue to play an unsettling role in the vacillating Mexican economy. Ricardo Flores Mag n's 1914 prediction was right. Mexico has become a haven for foreign interests. Material on which \u003ci\u003eMexican Workers and the State\u003c\/i\u003e is based has won the Harvey Johnson Award from the Southwestern Council of Latin American Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Caulfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0875651925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875651927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.29w x 0.83d","brand":"Norman Caulfield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482061496575,"sku":"9780875651927","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b44774df-466e-4eca-a7c6-62192ab11650.jpg?v=1715988461","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mexican-workers-and-the-state-norman-caulfield-9780875651927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}