LEADER 03542nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910816301203321 005 20230207225611.0 010 $a0-292-79447-9 024 7 $a10.7560/717572 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533887 035 $a(OCoLC)234192763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245817 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000217575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228298 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10202895 035 $a(PQKB)10012264 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443325 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2220 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443325 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245817 035 $a(DE-B1597)588592 035 $a(OCoLC)1286807602 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292794474 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533887 100 $a20070628d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPalace politics$b[electronic resource] $ehow the ruling party brought crisis to Mexico /$fJonathan Schlefer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71757-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPolitics at the heart of the state -- The strange Mexican state -- Did structural economic failure cause the crises? -- The macroeconomics of elite conflict -- The crises that didn't happen -- The unwritten rules -- The end of stability -- Struggle -- Schism -- The inevitability of elite politics -- Mexican fiscal data -- The pre-electoral spending cycle. 330 $aBringing rare interviews and meticulous research to the cloaked world of Mexican politics in the mid-twentieth century, Palace Politics provides a captivating look at the authoritarian Mexican state?one of the longest-lived regimes of its kind in recent history?as well as the origins of political instability itself, with revelations that can be applied to a variety of contemporary political situations around the globe. Culling a trove of remarkable firsthand accounts from former Mexican presidents, finance ministers, interior ministers, and other high officials from the 1950s through the 1980s, Jonathan Schlefer describes a world in which elite politics planted the seeds of a mammoth socioeconomic crisis. Palace Politics outlines the process by which political infighting among small rival factions of high officials drove Mexico to precarious situations at all levels of government. Schlefer also demonstrates how, earlier on, elite cooperation among these factions had helped sustain one of the most stable growth economies in Latin America, until all-or-nothing struggles began to tear the Mexican ruling party apart in the 1970s. A vivid, seamlessly narrated history, Palace Politics is essential reading for anyone seeking to better understand not only the nation next door but also the workings of elite politics in general. 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zMexico$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aMexico$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 607 $aMexico$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory 676 $a972.08/2 700 $aSchlefer$b Jonathan$f1949-$01655048 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816301203321 996 $aPalace politics$94007233 997 $aUNINA