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Policy Change in an Authoritarian Regime: Mexico Under Echeverría

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Merilee S. Grindle
Merilee S. Grindle*
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Department of Political Science, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181
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The six-year presidency or sexenio of Luís Echeverría Alvarez was initiated in December of 1970. Six years later, significant changes had taken place in the public policies espoused by the Mexican regime. Most importantly, perhaps, the federal government shifted its public investment priorities away from an overriding preoccupation with industrial development toward greater concern for agricultural development. From 1971 to 1976, Echeverria's administration allocated more money to the agricultural sector than any sexenio since that of Miguel Alemán (1946 to 1952). The change occurred gradually, federal public investment in agriculture growing from 14.5% of the total in 1971 to 20% budgeted for 1975 and 1976. Increased attention to agriculture was achieved primarily through proportional reductions in investments for industrial and infrastructure development. Along with a revision in sectoral allocations went a change in policy concerning both the anticipated outcome and the target population for agricultural investment.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , November 1977 , pp. 523 - 555
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Copyright © University of Miami 1977

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