This is the best current book in English to analyze and understand the institutions, politics, economics, and social development of contemporary Mexico. I highly recommend this as the text for any course on Mexican politics or policy at the undergraduate or graduate levels.

Jorge A. Schiavon, CIDE-Mexico

Contemporary Mexican Politics is simply the best overview available in English to understand Mexico’s politics and society today. The volume is accessible yet thorough; up-to-date yet historically grounded. It’s the perfect introduction to understanding Mexico today—and also the historical forces that shaped today’s realities.

Andrew Selee, president, Migration Policy Institute; author of Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together

Edmonds-Poli and Shirk have crafted a fourth edition of this essential text on Mexican politics that brings us into the present and clearly identifies the key institutional and policy challenges faced by the AMLO administration. With firm foundations in history, the authors have expertly identified the most important patterns and trends in modern Mexican politics. This book should be required reading for all students of Mexican and Latin American politics.

Duncan Wood, The Wilson Center