Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; Cultural Heritage and Dependency; Development; Mexico as a Case Study; 2 EVOLUTION OF THE MEXICAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; A Historical Perspective on U.S.-Mexico Relations; The Travails of the Mexican Petroleum Industry: 1901-1938; The Oil Expropriation of 1938; Fluctuations of the Nationalized Oil Industry: 1938-1976; 3 MODERNIZATION AND DEPENDENCY IN MEXICO: 1940-1976; Tendencies in Mexico's Development; Presence and Impact of U.S.-based Multinational Corporations in Mexico
Attempts to Regulate Foreign Investments4 MEXICO'S ENERGY POLICY; Measure of the Petroleum Bonanza; Energy Policy; Administration; Planning; Infrastructure; Finances; Alternate Fnergy Sources; 5 THE ENERGY SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES; The World Energy Crisis: Economic and Political Fulcrum; Impact of the Energy Crisis in the United States; United States Energy Policy; Perspectives; Effects of Mexican Oil Exports on the U.S. Domestic Market; 6 MEXICO: THE DOMESTIC CAULDRON; Socioeconomic Environment: 1976 to the Present; A Diagnosis; Official Policy: 1976 to the present; An Assessment
The Political PivotAn Overview: The State and the Private Sector; Pressure Groups and Political Parties; Changes in the Mexican Political Establishment; Political Tendencies; General Impact of Oil Exploitation; The ""Petroleum Syndrome; Regional and Ecological Impact; 7 UNITED STATES-MEXICO RELATIONS: DIMENSIONS OF THE DEBATE; Nature of U.S.-Mexican Relations; The ""Special Relationship; Linkages; A North American Common Market?; Geopolitical and Strategic Considerations; Security and Strategic Questions; Geopolitics; Petroleum and Mexico's Foreign Policy; The Bases of Mexico's Foreign Policy
U.S. and Mexican Mutual ExpectationsPetroleum as an Instrument of Mexico's Foreign Policy; Constraints; Mexican Initiatives; 8 PERSPECTIVES; Forces at Work in Mexican Development; Prospects for U.S.-Mexico Relations; A Recapitulation; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
