Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
Dictablanda - Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938-1968 (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,078
Discovery Miles 10 780
|
|
Dictablanda - Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938-1968 (Paperback)
Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after
1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship.
A single party ruled Mexico for over seventy years, holding
elections and talking about revolution while overseeing one of the
world's most inequitable economies. The contributors to this
groundbreaking collection revise earlier interpretations, arguing
that state power was not based exclusively on hegemony,
corporatism, or violence. Force was real, but it was also exercised
by the ruled. It went hand-in-hand with consent, produced by
resource regulation, political pragmatism, local autonomies and a
popular veto. The result was a dictablanda: a soft authoritarian
regime.This deliberately heterodox volume brings together social
historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists
to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and
persistence of the modern Mexican state. It also proposes bold,
multidisciplinary approaches to critical problems in contemporary
politics. With its blend of contested elections, authoritarianism,
and resistance, Mexico foreshadowed the hybrid regimes that have
spread across much of the globe. Dictablanda suggests how they may
endure. Contributors. Roberto Blancarte, Christopher R. Boyer,
Guillermo de la Pena, Maria Teresa Fernandez Aceves, Paul
Gillingham, Rogelio Hernandez Rodriguez, Alan Knight, Gladys
McCormick, Tanalis Padilla, Wil G. Pansters, Andrew Paxman, Jaime
Pensado, Pablo Piccato, Thomas Rath, Jeffrey W. Rubin, Benjamin T.
Smith, Michael Snodgrass
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.