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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807141503321

Autore

Davis Charles L. <1943->

Titolo

Working-class mobilization and political control : Venezuela and Mexico / / Charles L. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University of Kentucky Press, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

0-8131-6280-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

322/.2/0987

Soggetti

Working class - Political activity - Venezuela

Working class - Political activity - Mexico

Political participation - Venezuela

Political participation - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [175]-200.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. State Capitalism and Mass Mobilization; 2. Demographic Characteristics of Unions; 3. Social Transformation and Political Incorporation; 4. Mechanisms of Political Control; 5. Patterns of Political Mobilization; 6. Political Control and Participatory Motivations; 7. Political Control and Electoral Mobilization; 8. Political Control and Electoral Choice; 9. Beyond Controlled Mobilization; Appendix A. Data Base for Study of Venezuelan and Mexican Workers

Appendix B. Measurement and Scaling of Independent and Control VariablesAppendix C. Modes of Political Activity: A Varimax Factor Analysis; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

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