This work draws upon Camp's forty years of original sources and data to test major interpretations about the composition of Mexican national leadership while undergoing democratic change. It looks at the role of female politicians, the future of governors as presidential candidates, the increase in partisanship, the dramatic increase in party-based careers, peaceful versus violent change, and the impact of the Alemán generation on political institutions. INDICE: 1.: Introduction; 2.: All Politics is Local: Mexico's Local Path to Democracy?; 3.: The Fall and Rise of Party Militants; 4.: Democratic Demographics, Does Democracy Alter Politicians' Origins?; 5.: Has Democracy Favored Women Politicians?; 6.: The Rise and the Fall of the Economic Technocrats; 7.: Political Institutionalization and Public Policy, the Impact of the Alemán Generation; 8.: One Career More Democratic Than Another?; 9.: Violence and Democracy, Which Produces Change?; 10.: Governors: National Democrats of the Future?; 11.: Themes on Mexican Leadership and Democracy; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-974285-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés