The shift from state-led to market-oriented, neoliberal economic policies has
been one of the most important changes in the developing world during the last two
decades. Although much existing research has focused on why countries choose these
neoliberal policy reforms and how they implement them, Richard Snyder's study breaks new
ground by offering an analysis of politics after neoliberalism.
The book proposes a framework that explains how neoliberal reforms, rather
than unleashing market forces, actually trigger 're-regulation' processes involving
strategic interactions between political entrepreneurs and societal groups.
Depending on the strengths and strategies of politicians and societal groups,
reregulation results in different types of new institutions for market governance with
contrasting consequences for economic efficiency and social justice. This framework is
used in conjunction with an innovative subnational comparative method to analyze fresh
evidence from four Mexican states about the politics of reregulation
Table of Contents
Part I. The Framework and Comparative Analysis:
1. Rethinking the consequences of Neoliberalism
2. From deregulation to regulation in the Mexican coffee sector
Part II. The Cases:
3. Remaking corporatism from below: a participatory policy framework in Oaxaca
4. When corporatism and democracy collide: an exclusionary policy framework in Guerrero
5. Peasants and oligarchs: stalemate and transition to a participatory policy framework in
Chiapas
6. Oligarchs as the dominant force: an exclusionary policy framework in Puebla
Part III. The Conclusion:
7. After neoliberalism: what next?
272 pages, Paperback