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20 Cards in this Set
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camarilla
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a politician's personal following in a patron-client relationship
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corporatism
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describes the way people are integrated into the system via patron-client relations
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debt crisis
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the massive accumulation of loans taken out by third world countries and owed to northern banks and governments from the 1970s onward
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electoral alchemy
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the way Mexican governments have used fraud to rig elections
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import substitution
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development strategy that uses tariffs and other barriers to imports, and therefore stimulates domestic industries
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maquiladora
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factory in Mexico (initially on the US border, now anywhere) that operates tax-free in manufacturing goods for export
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mestizo
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a Mexican of mixed racial origin
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newly industrializing country
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a country that has developed a strong industrial base and grown faster than most of the third world
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nonreelection
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principle in Mexican politics that bars politicians from holding office for 2 consecutive terms
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patron-client relations
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neofeudal relations in which "patrons" gain the support of "clients" through the mutual exchange of benefits and obligations
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pendulum effect
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reflects the fact that the PRI can move from one side to another on its own as circumstances warrant
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sexeño
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the six year term of a Mexican president
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Calderón
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current president elected in 2006
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Lazaro Cárdenas
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president from 1934-1940; the last radical reformer to hold office
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Miguel de la Madrid
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president from 1982-1988; introduced the structural adjustment reforms
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Diaz
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introduced the principle fo nonreelection; ironically, de facto dictator of the country for 25 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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Fox
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first non-PRI president; 2000-2006
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structural adjustment
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development strategy that stresses integration into global markets, privatizations, etc; supported by the World Bank, IMF, and other financial institutions
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Salinas de Gortari
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president from 1988-1994; continued structural adjustment reforms; currently living in exile
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Santa Anna
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19th century general and dictator responsible for Mexico losing more than 1/3 of its territory to the US
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