Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139) and index.
Introduction / Susan Kaufman Purcell & Luis Rubio -- Coping with political change / Luis Rubio -- Crisis and economic change in Mexico / Mauricio A. González Gómez -- Poverty, inequality and the politics of welfare reform / Guillermo Trejo and Claudio Jones -- The new U.S.-Mexico relationship / Susan Kaufman Purcell