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About the Author
Wayne A. Cornelius is the Gildred Professor of Political Science and founding director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California at San Diego. A past president of the Latin American Studies Association, he has conducted field research in Mexico since 1962. His most recent books are Politics in Mexico: An Introduction and Overview (1988), Mexico’s Alternative Political Futures (coeditor, 1989), and Mexican Migration to the United States: Process, Consequences, and Policy Options (coeditor, 1990).