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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Charles L., 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Political activity--Venezuela.

Working class.

Working class--Political activity--Mexico.

Political participation--Venezuela.

Political participation.

Political participation--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliography: p. [175]-200.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6280-7

OCLC:

654403901