Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Wealth and Violence: Untangling a Complex Relationship

2. Historical Evolution of Political and Economic Monopolies in Mexico, Antiquity to the 1980s

3. The Onset and Entrenchment of Misplaced Monopolies in Mexico’s Political Economy, 1980s to 2006

4. Looking in Vain for Exits from Misplaced Monopolies, 2006-18

5. Why Does Mexico not Grow at High Rates and Distribute its Wealth Fairly?

6. Why Is Mexico so Violent? Governors, Caciques and Cartels – The Fall of PRI Hegemony and the Rise of ‘Feuderalism’

Chapter 7. Conclusion: Mexico and Misplaced Monopolies – Comparative Perspective

About the Author

Francisco E. González is an Associate Professor of International Political Economy specialized in Latin American countries at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, DC, USA. Professor González is also the author of the books Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule (2008) and Creative Destruction? Economic Crises and Democracy in Latin America (2012), both published by Johns Hopkins University Press.