Governing the Economy or Mexican Americans and the U S Economy

Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France

Author: Peter Hall

For over one hundred years, the British economy has been in decline relative to other industrialized countries. This book explores the origins of Britain's economic problems and develops a striking new argument about the sources of decline. It goes on to analyze the evolution of economic policy in postwar Britain from the development of Keynesianism to the rise of monetarism under Margaret Thatcher. France, by contrast, experienced an economic miracle in the postwar period. Hall argues that the French state transformed itself and then its society through an extensive system of state intervention. In the recent period, however, the French system has encountered many difficulties, and the book locates their sources in the complex interaction between state and society in France culminating in the socialist experiment of Francois Mitterrand. Through his insightful, comparative examination of policy-making in Britain and France, Hall develops a new approach to state-society relations that emphasizes the crucial role of institutional structures.

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Samuel H. Beer
Governing the Economy is a splendid example of how to use theory and history in the comparative study of politics. Peter A. Hall has a wide and firm command of the insights of the main schools of political analysis with which he disciplines a richly empirical acocunt of economic policy in Britain and France since World War Two.

Supplement Times Literary
[A] lucid, balanced and comprehensively documented study of economic policy making in Britian and France.

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Mexican Americans and the U. S. Economy: Quest for Buenos Dias

Author: Arturo Gonz lez

As workers and consumers, Mexican Americans are a viable—and valuable—part of the broad U.S. economy. Despite that many are hindered by low education (and consequently low wages) and limited opportunities, they have continuously struggled for, and continue to seek, better days and the opportunity to realize their share of the American dream. This book examines the problems that Mexican Americans have experienced in attaining economic parity with non-Hispanic whites. It examines four major topics of particular concern to the economic status of the Mexican American community: • immigration, reviewing the Bracero Program, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, legislation from the 1990s, and the problems faced by immigrants today • education, stressing the importance of economic incentives to invest in education • wealth and poverty, evaluating opportunities and roadblocks as Mexican Americans aspire to middle-class standards of living • the labor market, covering such topics as employment, income, and discrimination. Arturo González has drawn on recent census data to present for the first time in one volume a detailed economic analysis of three generations of Mexican Americans. These statistics reveal a people who are steadily improving economically and provide evidence that stereotypes of Mexican Americans are outdated or erroneous. Mexican Americans and the U.S. Economy shows that economics is an important aspect of the Mexican American experience. The book helps broaden students' understanding of the community's ongoing struggle, putting the quest for buenos días in clearer perspective.

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Gonz<'a>lez (economics, U. of Arizona) uses census data to assess the economic fortunes of Mexican Americans, focusing on variations among the status of different generations. The study, which will be an ideal text for Mexican American studies courses, approaches the generation factor by exploring the laws of immigration, levels of education, patterns of employment, and the labor market. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)