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This two-credit class introduces students to the changing political economy of Mexico. The course covers recent Mexican history to the current presidency, paying particular attention to the political economy of the long-lived PRI authoritarian regime, the successive financial/economic crises that weakened it starting in the early 1980s, and the long and protracted, although relatively successful “dual transition” that Mexico underwent: from authoritarian to democratic rule and from a relatively closed to an integrated economy in global markets, but especially with the United States. There are also specific sessions devoted to: 1) NAFTA and 'why Mexico does not seem to be able to grow at high rates -- like other big emerging markets; 2) Mexican (and Central American) migration to the United States and its effects in both countries; and 3) drug-trafficking and the so-called 'war on drugs' since the mid-2000s, and its many economic, political and security impacts to date. Enrollment limit: 25 <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>