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Disagreeing with the Assertion That Modern Latin American Neoliberalism Results in Democratization

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it is not associated with the cause of democratization. An example of this can be found with the neoliberal export-oriented industrialization model, which was implemented during the 1980s and  1990s as a means by which to overcome the devastating effects that import substitution industrialization (ISI) had imparted upon Mexicos quest for urban existence. It came to light that  a new and better structured plan must be devised in order to address the unique problems continuing to plague Mexico, a country that so desperately wanted to move in forward  and progressive motion. Neoliberal theory brought with it four major points of interest in its execution: that humans are individuals who are inherently inspired by the sole purpose of  self-interest, by which all human interaction incorporating social, political or economic concerns are based; self-interest, in and of itself, influences harmony rather than chaos, "because interaction driven by self-interest is  part of a natural order" (Neoliberalism in Latin America); the market is one of the most fruitful of all locations for said natural order; and inasmuch as the market is  ever-existent, "market outcomes are the best that are to be hoped for" (Neoliberalism in Latin America). However, it can readily be argued that the concept of democracy is conspicuously  absent from this equation. By its very nature, neoliberal policy is responsible for the increase in export promotion between and among countries that  are experiencing structural adjustment. Implementing such policy in the 1980s and 1990s has helped Mexico bring forth its initial quest for urban expansion and industrialization, yet it has fallen  short on its democratic objective. When considering what could have been done differently in the in the 1980s and 1990s in order to more effectively shape the economic development