Labyrinths of Power : : Political Recruitment in Twentieth-Century Mexico / / Peter H. Smith.

Peter Smith has written a comprehensive and in-depth study of the structure and more important of the transformation of the national political elite in twentieth-century Mexico. In doing so, he analyzes the long-run impact of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 on the composition of the country's ru...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1979
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1596
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Physical Description:1 online resource (402 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. The Lines of Inquiry
  • 2. Society and Politics in Mexico
  • Part II. The Results of Revolution
  • 3. The Social Conditions of Rule
  • 4. Social Background and Political Success
  • 5. The Structures of Political Careers
  • 6. Continuity and Turnover
  • Part III. Aspects of an Authoritarian System
  • 7. Is There a Power Elite?
  • 8. Serving the System: Deputies and Sectors of the Pri
  • 9. The Rules of the Game
  • 10. Retrospect and Prospect: From Echeverria to Lopez Portillo
  • Appendices
  • Appendix Α. Defining a Political Elite
  • Appendix Β. Measuring Continuity and Turnover
  • Appendix C. Parties and Sectors in the National Chamber of Deputies, 1964-67
  • Bibliography and Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index