The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico

by Kevin J. Middlebrook

Book Overview

This important interdisciplinary work makes original contributions to the study of the state-society relations in Latin America and to the comparative analysis of labor's role in regime change. Middlebrook's theoretical framework identifies the principal dimensions of elite control over mass participation in postrevolutionary authoritarian regimes and highlights the most important aspects of Mexican authoritarianism. By demonstrating organized labor's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801849225
• ISBN13: 9780801849220
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"