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Title

The Oxford handbook of Mexican politics / edited by Roderic Ai Camp.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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Camp, Roderic A.

Description

xi, 824 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Subject

• Mexico > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I: Introduction. The democratic transformation of Mexican politics / Roderic Ai Camp -- Part II: Political development. Democracy from independence to revolution / Jaime E. Rodríguez O ; Mexican elections, 1910-1994 : voters, violence and veto power / Paul Gillingham ; Mexican democracy in comparative perspective / Peter H. Smith -- Part III: Institutions as transformational actors. Municipalities and policy making / Andrew Selee ; Invigorating federalism : the emergence of governors and state legislatures as powerbrokers and policy innovators / Caroline C. Beer ; The dinosaur that evolved : changes to the PRI's gubernatorial candidate selection, 1980-2009 / Joy Langston ; Holding power : the PAN as Mexico's incumbent party / Steven T. Wuhs ; The PRD and the Mexican left / Kathleen Bruhn ; Ulysses, the sirens, and Mexico's judiciary : increasing pre-commitments to strengthen the rule of law / Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle ; The fall of the dominant presidency : lawmaking under divided government in Mexico / Benito Nacif -- Part IV: Changing roles. Civil-military relations in Mexico : the unfinished transition / Jordi Díez ; Mexican political elites in a democratic setting / Roderic Ai Camp ; Big business, democracy, and the politics of competition / Strom Thacker ; Organized labor and politics in Mexico / Graciela Bensusán and Kevin J. Middlebrook -- Part V: New actors. Democracy in the newsroom: the evolution of journalism and the news media / Sallie Hughes ; Social and indigenous movements in Mexico's transition to democracy / Shannan Mattiace ; NGO's and human rights / Mariclaire Acosta ; Women, politics, and democratic consolidation in Mexico : two steps forward, one step back / Victoria E. Rodríguez ; Drug-traffickers as political actors in Mexico's nascent democracy / John Bailey -- Part VI: Electoral politics and the changing political landscape. Changing dimensions of national elections in Mexico / James A. McCann ; Mexico's campaigns and the benchmark elections of 2000 and 2006 / Jorge I. Domínguez ; The return of "the local" to Mexican politics / Jonathan Hiskey -- Part VII: Demographics and political attitudes. Who is the Mexican voter? / Alejandro Moreno ; Polling and pollsters as agents of change : a historical account of public opinion research in Mexico from 1938 to 2010 / Miguel Basáñez and Pablo Parás ; Regionalism in Mexican electoral politics / Joseph L. Klesner -- Part VIII: Politics and policy issues. U.S.-Mexican relations and Mexican domestic politics / Pamela K. Starr ; Domestic and national security challenges in Mexico / David A. Shirk ; Mexico-U.S. migration policy : historical review and contemporary challenges / Marc R. Rosenblum ; Economy as grand guignol : the postreform era in Mexico / William P. Glade ; The path of economic liberalism / Mark Eric Williams.

Call Number

JFF 13-440

ISBN

• 9780195377385 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0195377389 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010054217

OCLC

696942394

Title

The Oxford handbook of Mexican politics / edited by Roderic Ai Camp.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Camp, Roderic A.

Research Call Number

JFF 13-440