"This book serves as a sequel to two distinguished volumes on capitalism: Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism (1985). Both volumes took stock of major economic challenges advanced industrial...

Unpacking the Saudi state : oil fiefdoms and their clients -- Oil fiefdoms in flux : the new Saudi state in the 1950s -- The emerging bureaucratic order under Faisal -- The 1970s boom : bloating the state and clientelizing society -- The Foreign Investment Act : lost between fiefdoms -- Eluding...

After the second of July : challenges and opportunities for the Fox administration / Carlos Elizondo -- Security and governance : the urgent need for state reform / Raúl Benítez Manaut -- Mexican labor at a crossroads / Katrina Burgess -- Mexico's unfinished symphony : the Zapatista movement /...