Mexico's Recent Science and Technology Planning

An Outsider Economist's Critique

Bibliographic Data

ID4547735
AuthorsDilmus D James (The University of Texas at El Paso, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume22
Issue2
Pages163-193
Publication date1980-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165591
OpenAlexW2784006880
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

There are a number of reasons why Mexico attracts students of economic development. Boasting an impressive rate of economic growth that has been sustained for four decades, yet plagued with discouraging and mounting problems of surplus labor and maldistribution of income, Mexico is one of the prime cases that has sparked the discussion over the distinctions between "economic growth" and "economic development." Furthermore, Mexico affords a classic test of the validity of some dependency writers' claim that periphery countries' subjugation to external control varies directly with the length and intensity of contact with center nations (Frank, 1972: 10). The sudden revelation of Mexico's potential as an energy supplier, the growing concern with the magnitude and consequences of illegal Mexican migration to the United States, and the increasing recognition of the uniqueness and importance of the Mexico-U.S. border economy add further appeal for economists, political scientists, and sociologists

Appeal · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Revelation · Economic and Technological Innovation · Global Trade and Competitiveness · Global trade and economics · Law

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