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Big Business, the State, and Free Trade: Constructing Coalitions in Mexico. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2000. ISBN   9780521781688. [2]
  • With Gerring, John (2008). A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780511756054. [3] [4]
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    2. Minushkin, Susan (2002). "Opening Mexico's Economy". International Studies Review . 4 (1): 210–214. JSTOR   3186294.
    3. Hrubeš, Milan (2012). "Review of A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance". Czech Sociological Review . 48 (1): 177–180. JSTOR   23535598.
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    Strom C. Thacker
    7thPresident of Pitzer College
    Assumed office
    July 1, 2023
    Thesis From silent to active partner: Big business, the state and free trade in Mexico  (1996)
    Doctoral advisorTimothy McKeown