POLI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Mexican Revolution, North American Free Trade Agreement, Neoliberalism
28 May 2016
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Neoliberalism and resistance: the case of the zapatistas in chiapas, mexico. The dynamics of the neoliberal order in modern latin america. Latin america that means that american goods competition with products that are of lower quality, In the case of mexico, in the aftermath of the nafta agreements, there were revolts in the. Chiapas with the rise of the guerilla group the zapatistas: a symbolic armed resistance. It is not a very violent revel group some called a post-modern revolution. Impacts of neoliberal policies since early 1980s: rising costs of living, cuts in social services, foreign debt, low wages, hyper-urbanisation, social movement backlash both within and outside the state. Indigenous racial/cultural resistance: globalisation provides both threats and opportunities. In 1994, the implementation of the nafta agreements. Neoliberal policies were being felt as of the 1980s. In 1982, the government declared the country bankrupt; it defaulted on its loans.
