Government-Business Relations and Regional Development in Post-Reform Mexico

Theodore Kahn is Visiting Scholar in the Latin American Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Governing Subnational Economies.- 3. Origins and Consequences of Divergent Private Sector Organization in Puebla and Querétaro.- 4. Building Institutions for Cooperation in Querétaro, 1979-1991.- 5. Partisan Rivalry between Government and Business in Puebla, 1981-1993.- 6. Consolidation of a Developmental Alliance in Querétaro, 1991-1997.- 7. Authoritarian Political Economy and Global Integration in Puebla, 1993-1999.- 8. Querétaro’s Rising Star in the Global Economy, 1997-2009.- 9. Institutional Erosion and Economic Stagnation in Puebla, 1999-2011.- 10. Conclusion