Journal of
Public Administration and Policy Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Adm. Policy Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2480
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPAPR
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 151

Full Length Research Paper

From entrepreneurial state to state of entrepreneurs: Ownership implications of the transformation in Mexican governance since 1982

G. Jose Vargas-Hernández1* and Mohammad Reza Noruzi2
1Departamento de Mercadotecnia y Negocios Internacionales Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas Universidad de Guadalajara, Periférico Norte 799 Edificio G-306 Zapopan, Jalisco C.P. 45100; México. 2Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran.
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  •  Accepted: 02 December 2009
  •  Published: 28 February 2010

Abstract

 

This paper aims to analyze the ownership implications of the transformation in Mexican governance since 1982. The turning point of the implementation of a new model of development was prompted by the Mexican State financial crisis of 1982, after a period of steady economic growth. The entrepreneurial State since then has been under the attack of new business elite, who are the direct beneficiaries of the massive transfer of public assets and change in ownership from public property to private property. The Mexican State is now captive under the interests of entrepreneurs rule and governance. This paper brings some specific cases related with the change in ownership in the land property, the banking and financial system etc. A weak system of regulatory agencies and mismanagement of privatization programs has ended in private monopolies, low economic growth, uneven social development, political instability, alarming increment of insecurity, social unrest, etc.

 

Key words: Ownership, change in ownership, entrepreneurial state, Mexico, state of entrepreneurs.