Essays about: "Mexico"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 224 essays containing the word Mexico.

  1. 1. DOES FIGHTING CORRUPTION LEGITIMIZE A DECLINE IN DEMOCRACY? An experimental field study on how corruption affects democratic values in Mexico City

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jessica Martebo; [2019-09-24]
    Keywords : democratic backsliding; quality of government; corruption; public support; Mexico;

    Abstract : Recently, Mexico witnessed a historic election where Andrés López Obrador won the presidency in a landslide victory making him the most powerful president Mexico has seen in decades. With eradication of corruption at the top of his priority list in his attempt to transform the country, he indeed beholds a wide public support. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nationalization of electricity and oil in core and periphery: Norway versus Mexico

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

    Author : Johannes Wilm; [2019]
    Keywords : Norway; Mexico; nationalization; history; politics; water; oil; petrol; energy; natural resources;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to find the historical differences of nationalization in a peripheral and in a central country. I will look at and compare the development and the processes of nationalization of the petroleum and hydropower industries in Mexico and Norway and how these differed from a world system perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. Energy-water nexus in Mexico: A network-based approach of polycentric governance.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ricardo Gómez Zamudio; [2019]
    Keywords : Energy-water nexus; polycentric governance; social network analyis; sustainability science; Mexico; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : By 2050, sixty percent of human population worldwide is going to live in cities. This will increase natural resource consumption to provide products and services in cities. Additionally, current policy making is done through a silo thinking mindset where unintended consequences can undermine natural resources availability. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Change of an Indigenous Community: A case study of the community-based cooperative "Millennial Women" in Oaxaca, Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Louise Gripenberg; [2019]
    Keywords : community-based cooperative; indigenous identity; subsistence; social relations; solidarity economy; pulque production; Mexico; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Mexico has a large share of indigenous people that are living in disproportionally high poverty levels. As a result, rural communities are facing deprivation of indigenous peoples in search of work in urban areas. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Evolution of Inequality in Mexico: 1895-1940

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Diego Castañeda Garza; [2019]
    Keywords : Income Inequality; Social Tables; Mexico; Mexican Revolution; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The evolution of inequality in Latin America, particularly in Mexico, is a topic of growing interest among economists, economic historians and policy makers. For the Mexican case, this study empirically estimates, for the first time, the evolution of Mexican inequality before 1950. READ MORE