Joe Foweraker and Ann L. Craig, editors
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.
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.
"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
