Review: Latin America: Mexico: Biography of Power
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209805300220 |
| Published date | 01 June 1998 |
| Date | 01 June 1998 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
LATIN
AMERICA
laments
that
'the
sheer
scale
of
Reviews
by
Tim
Draimin
needed
social
reform
is
dishearten-
Canadian
Councilfor
International
ing.'
The
situation
points
to
the
Cooperation
widespread
conundrum
facing
many
developing
countries,
BRAZIL
UNDER CARDOZO
whether
'increasingly
competitive
Edited
by
Susan
Kaufman
Purcell
&
market
forces
will
generate
jobs
and
Riordan
Roett
raise
wages
...
fast
enough
to
arrest
Boulder:
Lynne
Rienner
for
the
declining
living standards.'
The
Americans
Society,
1997,
119pp,
facts
presented
belie
the
authors'
US$12.95
paper
sympathies for Cardoso.
They
point
more
in
the
direction
of
those
criti-
T
his
slim
collection
from
the
cal
assessments
of
Brazil
as
one
of
Americas
Society provides
a
the
world's
most
vulnerable emerg-
useful overview
of
Brazilian
politics
ing
economies
in
the
wake
of
the
and
society.
The
authors,
American
Asian
meltdown.
and
Brazilian,
favour
the
fashion-
able
model
of
market
liberalization
MEXICO:
BIOGRAPHY OF POWER
and
are
optimistic
about
President
A
history
of modern
Mexico,
Fernando
Henrique
Cardozo's
lead-
1810-1996
ership
and
Brazil's
future.
Enrique
Krauze
Despite
some
recent
successes
Translated
by
Hank
Heifetz
(for
example,
in
dramatically
cut-
New
York:
HarperCollins
1997,
xxii,
ting
inflation
and
tackling political
872
pp,
$49.50
corruption),
Brazil
remains
highly
vulnerable
to
sudden
upheavals.
In the
autumn
of
1997
Canada's
Income
distribution
ranks
among
ambassador
to
Mexico
surprised
the
worst
in
the
world,
environ-
North
America
(and
truncated
his
mental
management
remains
weak,
tenure)
by
speaking
out
about
crony-
and
the
political
system
is
con-
ism
and
corruption
in
the
Mexican
structed
around
highly unpre-
political system.
Enrique
Krauze's
dictable
inter-party
alliances.
At
his
book, published
simultaneously
in
1995
inauguration,
Cardozo
said
Spanish
and
English,
provides
a
rich-
that
Brazil
was
'no
longer
an
under-
ly
detailed
explanation
of
how
Mexi-
developed
country.
It
is
an
unjust
co's
one party 'democracy'
emerged.
country.'
While
Cardozo's stabiliza-
Written
by
a
passionate critic
of
tion
and
adjustment
modernization
the
Partido Revolucionario
Institu-
has
advanced,
Amaury
de Souza
(in
cional
(PR),
the book
briefly
reviews
the
volume's
most
useful
essay)
pre-independence
legacies,
chroni-
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JOURNAL
Spring
1998
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