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The article was published on 1977-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now.

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The Maquilas in Mexico: a Global Perspective1

TL;DR: In Mexico, as in many other Third World countries in recent years, the belief in export-led industrialisation fuelled by foreign investment and technology (ELIFFIT) is beginning to displace other available development strategies, such as import substitution, varying degrees of autarky, or the traditional reliance on primary product export as discussed by the authors.
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The Demand for Immigrant Workers: Labor Scarcity or Social Control?

TL;DR: The economic role of immigrant workers from Mexico in U.S. labor markets has been analyzed from two divergent interpretations: a labor scarcity argument and a social control thes... as mentioned in this paper.
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Peasant economy, rural industry and capitalist development in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the dynamics of rural industrial commodity production in capitalist development in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico and concluded that labour-intensive industries in capitalism today may not be as uniformly retrograde as some have argued they were in earlier periods of capitalism.
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Diabetes in pregnancy in Mexican Americans.

TL;DR: Observations indicate that pregnant diabetic Mexican-American women have predominantly GDM and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which represents a major public health problem because of increased maternal and neonatal morbidity.

Frontera México-Estados Unidos: reflexiones para un marco teórico

TL;DR: In this paper, the Weberian concepts of power and social interaction are used to understand the regionality of border relations between two nations at different stages of economic development, within the general context of bilateral or multilateral relations between bordering countries.