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Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico

Joe Foweraker and Ann L. Craig, editors
 
ISBN: 978-1-55587-219-9
$22.00
1990/312 pages/LC: 90-34593
Published in association with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego

"Beneficial to a broad range of social scientists interested in Mexican political change."—Latin American Anthropology Review

"Students of political and social change have much to learn from the vibrant and multi-faceted popular movements described and analyzed in this book."—Third World Resources

"A far-reaching and important book for social scientists and historians."—Hispanic American Historical Review

"Timely and well-written."—Journal of Developing Areas

"Should be on the shelf of everybody interested in the Mexican political system. . . . Also of interest for scholars working on social movements in other Latin American countries."—European Review

"Provides a new and interesting look at Mexican politics."—Choice

DESCRIPTION

In just twenty years, popular movements have changed the face of Mexican politics, as organized groups of peasants, teachers, city dwellers, women, and students have crowded into the political arena to pose new challenges to the old order of political cooptation and control. Assessing the overall political significance of this effervescence, the contributors to this book focus on the interactions between popular movements and the political system. Collectively, they not only break new ground in the study of popular movements, but also offer a new perspective on the political changes now occurring in Mexico.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joe Foweraker is honorary professor of politics at the University of Exeter, as well as emeritus fellow of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford, where he previously was professor of Latin American politics. Ann L. Craig is associate professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, San Diego. She is author of The First Agraristas: An Oral History of a Mexican Agrarian Reform Movement and has also written about Mexican political culture and politics.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction—J. Foweraker.
  • LINKAGES BETWEEN POPULAR MOVEMENTS AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
  • Identity and Ambiguity in Democratic Struggles—G. Munck.
  • Popular Organization and Institutional Change—J. Foweraker.
  • Legal Constraints and Mobilization Strategies in the Countryside—A. Craig.
  • Historical Continuities in Social Movements—A. Knight.
  • POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN MEXICAN CIVIL SOCIETY.
  • The Enduring Union Struggle for Legality and Democracy—F. Perez Arce.
  • Neoliberalism Encounters NeocardenismoJ. Tamayo.
  • Middle Class Associations and Electoral Opposition—M. L. Tarres.
  • Women's Participation in Urban Protest—K. Logan.
  • Crisis, Neoliberalism, and Disorder—S. Zermeno.
  • CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL FORMS OF REPRESENTATION.
  • Peasant Strategies and Corporatism in Chiapas—N. Harvey.
  • Organizing Opposition in the Teachers' Movement in Oaxaca—M. L. Cook.
  • Women and Independent Unionism in the Garment Industry—T. Carrilllo.
  • Urban Struggles and their Political Consequences—J. M. Ramirez Saiz.
  • Popular Mobilization and the Myth of the State Corporatism—J. W. Rubin.
  • CONCLUSION.
  • Institutional Context and Popular Strategies—A. Craig.