ABSTRACT

As most contributors have argued, political democracy and an equitable income distribution are still largely unfulfilled goals in the Mexican agenda. The wave of economic restructuring along neoliberal lines poses immense difficulties for attaining equitable income distribution to the extent that neoliberal reform continues with its trend toward exclusionary practices. The author takes into account both global and national-level processes in the following attempt to suggest the key parameters under which future economic and political scenarios might evolve in Mexico. In contrast to social liberalism, the social economy would involve an alliance between the Revolutionary Institutional Party's (PRI) reformers and the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) as well as some change of attitude and policies in the United States beyond neoliberalism. A strong solidarity presence of Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other organizations of civil societies around the world would be critical in order for Mexico to achieve and maintain a democratic political regime with a social-economy orientation.