The California-Mexico Connection

'Every so often history shifts tectonic plates. The growing encounter between California and Mexico is one such adjustment. Neither nation--nor the hemisphere--will ever be the same. These challenging essays constitute a magna carta of policy analysis for the California-Mexico detente. Rarely do scholars have the opportunity to create the future as well as analyze it. The California-Mexico Connection addresses itself to the truly big story of our time, region, and generation. These essays are probing nothing less than the destiny of North America itself.'--Kevin Starr, author of Americans and the California Dream

Contributors
Coherent Connection or Commonplace Contiguity? Theorizing About the California-Mexico Overlap	p. 3
Mexico and California: The Paradox of Tolerance and Dedemocratization	p. 34
Reform, Globalization, and Structural Interdependence: New Economic Ties Between Mexico and California	p. 51
The Connection at Its Source: Changing Socioeconomic Conditions and Migration Patterns	p. 66
Exporting Conflict: Transboundary Consequences of Mexican Politics	p. 82
California and Mexico: Facing the Pacific Rim	p. 113
Mexicans in Southern California: Societal Enrichment or Wasted Opportunity?	p. 131
Mexican Labor in California's Economy: From Rapid Growth to Likely Stability	p. 147
Separating Myth from Reality: The Impact of Mexican Immigration on Health and Human Services	p. 164
In Search of the American Dream: Obstacles to Latino Educational Achievement	p. 176
The Once-and-Future Majority: Latino Politics in Los Angeles	p. 196
The Mexican Diaspora in California: Limits and Possibilities for the Mexican Government	p. 221
From State to "state": Managing Mexico's California Connection	p. 239
Challenges from the South: Enhancing California's Mexico Connection	p. 254
App. A. North of the Border: Who Makes What Decisions Where	p. 279
App. B. The California-Mexico Connection in Tables and Figures	p. 289
Notes	p. 309
Index	p. 353
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