The Politics of Mexican Oil

Chock-full of fascinating and salient material. . . . It is well researched, intelligently organized, cogently analyzed, and very skillfully written. It is recommended reading for students of Mexico, petroleum economists, and political scientists interested in the interplay of economic and sociopolitical development.

George Grayson's book is a full analysis of the oil sector in Mexican domestic and foreign affairs, covering PEMEX, labor aspects, the OPEC relationship, the Ixtoc blowout and more.

A trenchant look at oil in Mexico and without doubt the most perceptive study of the question to date.

Ambitious in scope, yet thoroughly accessible to the lay reader, The Politics of Oil is a primer that provides an agenda to US-Mexico relations in the decade ahead. Grayson puts the prospect of Mexico's oil wealth into perspective and he provides a political context for understanding the complex interplay of Mexico's oil and its overpopulation.

It is a dramatic and complex story which is told in a vivid and well-written manner. . . . The Book shines with a lucid account of the history of Mexico's state petroleum monopoly, PEMEX.