Caciquismo in TwentiethCentury Mexico by Wil Pansters Alan Knight
Brand: Institute for Latin American Studies
Product Description
Caciquismo roughly translated as boss politics has played a major role in Mexican political and social life. Loosely knit interest groups or caciques of diverse character syndicates farmers left and rightwingers whitecollar workers have exercised great power within Mexicos distinctive political system. The peculiarities of Mexicos system have greatly depended on this kind of informal politics which combines repression patronage and charismatic leadership. As such caciquismo fits uncomfortably within the formal analysis of laws parties and elections and has been relatively neglected by academics. Though its demise has often been predicted it has survived evolved and adjusted to Mexicos rapid postrevolutionary transformation. Incorporating the research of historians political scientists sociologists and anthropologists this book reevaluates the crucial role of the cacique in modern Mexico. It suggests that caciquismo has survived decades of change and upheaval and remains an important if underestimated feature of recent Mexican politics. Contributors include Christopher Boyer University of Illinois at Chicago Keith Brewster University of Newcastle upon Tyne Matthew Butler Queens University Belfast Marco Calder El Colegio de Michoacn Mexico Maria Teresa Fernandez Aceves Centro de Investigaciones en Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social CIESAS Mexico Rogelio Hernandez Rodriuez El Colegio de Mexico Stephen Lewis California State University Chico Salvador Maldonado Aranda El Colegio de Michoacn Mexico Jennie Purnell Boston College Jan Rus Tzotzil Instituto de Asesora Antropoligica para la Region Maya and Center for U.S.Mexican Studies University of California San Diego Pieter de Vries Wageningen University and J. Eduardo Zarate H El Colegio de Mexico Michoacn.
Condition : New
Author : Wil Pansters Alan Knight
Weight : 905.62
Publisher : Institute For Latin American Studies
Language : English
EAN : 9781900039673
ISBN10 : 1900039672
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20051129
Place of Publication : United Kingdom
Pagination : 409
Dimensions : 229 X 152