The romance of democracy : compliant defiance in contemporary Mexico /
The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book pro...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighborhood democracy, what their dreams are for a better society, and how these dreams play out in their daily lives. Based on extensive fieldwork in the same neighborhood he discussed in his acclaimed book The. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxx, 289 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1597348767 9781597348768 0585468338 9780585468334 9780520936638 0520936639 1282762753 9781282762756 9786612762758 6612762756 |