Popular movements in autocracies : religion, repression, and indigenous collective action in Mexico / Guillermo Trejo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trejo, Guillermo, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Mexico.

Land reform.

Social movements--Mexico.

Social movements.

Indians of Mexico.

Democratization--Mexico.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a new explanation of the rise, development and demise of social movements and cycles of protest in autocracies; the conditions under which protest becomes rebellion; and the impact of protest and rebellion on democratization. Focusing on poor indigenous villages in Mexico's authoritarian regime, the book shows that the spread of US Protestant missionaries and the competition for indigenous souls motivated the Catholic Church to become a major promoter of indigenous movements for land redistribution and indigenous rights. The book explains why the outbreak of local rebellions, the transformation of indigenous claims for land into demands for ethnic autonomy and self-determination, and the threat of a generalized social uprising motivated national elites to democratize. Drawing on an original dataset of indigenous collective action and on extensive fieldwork, the empirical analysis of the book combines quantitative evidence with case studies and life histories.

Contents:

A theory of popular collection action in autocracies

Accounting for Mexico's cycle of indigenous protest

Competing for souls : why the Catholic Church became a major promoter of indigenous mobilization

Competing for votes : why electoral competition shaped Mexico's cycle of indigenous protext

A call to arms : regime reversion threats and the escalation of protest into rebellion

From social movement to armed rebellion : religious networks and the microdynamics of rebel recruitment

Publicizing ethnicity : the breakdown of religious and political hegemonies and the rise of indigenous identities

The twilight of ethnicity : democratization as an elite strategy to avert Mexico's indigenous insurgency.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22363-6

1-139-50777-X

1-280-77384-7

9786613684615

1-139-51731-7

1-139-04325-0

1-139-51474-1

1-139-51381-8

1-139-51639-6

1-139-51824-0

OCLC:

796383838