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29 Cards in this Set
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Mexican Miracle
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a country with a rapidly increasing GNP in orderly transition from an authoritarian to a democratic government
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camarillas
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patron client networks that extend from the political elites to vote-mobilizing organizations throughout the country
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caudillos
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political/military strongment from different areas of the country who fought with each other for power
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Porforio Diaz
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staged a military coup in 1876 and instituted himself as the president of Mexico with a promise that he would not serve more than one term in office. Ruled for 34 years.
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Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa
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emerged to lead peasant armies during the rebellion
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Cristeros Rebellion
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Liberals saw the church as a bastion of conservatism and put laws in place that forbid priests to vote, put federal restrictions on church-affiliated schools, and suspended religious services. Priests around the country led a rebellion against the new rules.
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sexenjo
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a six year term for the president
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PRI
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Institutional Revolutionary Party
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Lazaro Cardenas
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brought about:
-redistribution of land -nationalization of industry -investment in public works -encouragement of peasant and union organizations -concentration of power in the presidency |
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ejidos
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collective land grants
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PEMEX
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a giant government-controlled oil company
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import substitution industrialization
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employs high tariffs to protect locally produced goods from foreign competition, government ownership of key industries, and government subsidies to domestic industries
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neoliberalism
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a strategy that calls for free markets, balanced budgets, privatization, free trade, and limited government intervention in the economy
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technicos
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educated, business-oriented leaders
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politicos
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old style caciques who headed camarillias
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mestizos
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a blend of Europe and Amerindian blood
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informal economy
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businesses not registered with the government
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formal sector
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businesses recognized by the government
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co-optation
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government including citizens in the political process
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Zapatista
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Amerindians that felt disaffected from the more prosperous mestizo populations of cities in the center of the country
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GNP per capita
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an estimate of the country's total economic output divided by its total population, converted to a single currency
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PPP
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purchasing power party - this measure takes into account the actual cost of living in a particular country by figuring what it costs to buy the same bundle of goods in different countries
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HDI
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human development index - a formula that takes into account the three factors of longevity, knowledge, and income.
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PRI
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Partido Revolucionario Institucional - founded as a coalition of elites who agreed to work out their conflicts through compromise rather than violence.
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PAN
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National Action Party - created to represent business interests opposed to centralization and anti-clericism. Strongest in the north.
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PRD
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Democratic Revolutionary Party - rival party to the PRI
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Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
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PRD's presidential candidate in 1988 and 1994
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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
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popular mayor of Mexico City and new figure head of PRD
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Vincente Fox
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2000 PAN candidate
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