Working-Class Mobilization and Political Control : Venezuela and Mexico /
Historically, Latin American political regimes have sought to postpone far-reaching economic reforms and improvements in living standards in order to facilitate the accumulation of private capital. These goals have led to exclusion of the lower classes from the political process altogether or to eff...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[2015], ©1989.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Historically, Latin American political regimes have sought to postpone far-reaching economic reforms and improvements in living standards in order to facilitate the accumulation of private capital. These goals have led to exclusion of the lower classes from the political process altogether or to efforts to control their political mobilization. The ability of governments to maintain such control has often been attributed to the lack of political sophistication by the working class or to the distribution of benefits through patron-client networks designed to preserve the hegemony of ruling parti. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813162805 0813162807 |