00579nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000170001724500330003426000090006752003860007658300190046220260716043323.0  aPOITRAS, Guy  aPolitics of NAFTA in Mexico.  c1994  aSuggests that authoritarian rule remains a potent force in Mexico, despite the introduction of economic liberalisation. Describes political changes which took place in the basic mechanism used to sustain authoritarian rule.  Describes Mexico's pursuit of the NAFTA as a case study of how an authoritarian system can manage its domestic politics to achieve neoliberal economic ends.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR