Table of Contents

Underdevelopment and State Policy — Historical Roots of the 1982 Crisis — Genesis of Policy Change: From Shared Development to the Petroleum Export Strategy — PEMEX Expansionism and the Politics of Rapid Petroleum Development — Defeat of the Petroleum Export Strategy: Intrabureaucratic Conflict and Policy Incoherence — Debt and Economic Crisis — State Interests and the Politics of Patronage and Stabilization — Conclusion — Appendix