Product Description: Originally published in 1985, this book is concerned with the housing and service needs of the poor in Latin America and how they are articulated and satisfied. It examines the aims and implementation of government policies towards low-income housing dwellers and tries to relate those policies to the wider interests of the state...read more

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Product Description: Texas enjoys an especially important strategic relationship with Mexico. Not only does it share 1,248 miles of border with Mexico, but Texas has also maintained its position as the United States' largest exporting state to Mexico, totaling some $36...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The close ties between Texas and Mexico make imperative an informed analysis of Mexico's democratization and governance changes at federal, state, and city levels. In 1999, after seventy years of virtual one-party rule, almost three fifths of the Mexican population are governed by opposition (non-PRI) parties, including eight of the 31 states and the Federal District...read more

Product Description: Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these "irregular" subdivisions offer the only low-cost housing available to the mostly Hispanic working poor...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Mexico City "...the most documented analysis of contemporary urban Mexico. Peter Ward has done it again!" Susan Eckstein, President of the Latin American Studies Association Mexico City is one of the largest and most dynamic 'megacities' of the world...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The political system in Mexico is changing to a more open and democratic one. The transformation is evident in the genuine multiparty competition in elections, which since the mid-1980s has resulted in opposition parties winning office at the municipal and state levels...read more

Product Description: A dozen case studies on housing and land markets in Africa and Latin America and in California examine how the research design and methodology can shape the analysis of the problems and lead researchers to certain frameworks, conclusions, and policy prescriptions.

Product Description: A text on diplomatic relations between Taiwan and its neighbours.

Product Description: The "World cities" series offers up-to-date and wide-ranging profiles of the world's main urban centres. Each book blends urban history, sociology, ecology, economics, politics, transport, architecture and built environment into a portrayal of the contemporary urban scene...read more

Product Description: Examines the vigorous debate which is prevalent in development studies circles as to whether corruption in all cases is detrimental to the interests of the poor or whether, in some cases, corruption might actually facilitate development...read more