Popular Mobilization in Mexico: The Teachers' Movement 1977-87
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 6/6/2002
EAN 9780521523349, ISBN10: 0521523346
Paperback, 220 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Language: English
This book explores the process of popular mobilisation in contemporary Mexico through the experience of the country's most important popular organisation - the teachers' movement. It creates a distinctive perspective on Mexican politics and makes an interesting contribution to the study of popular or 'social' movements. This in-depth study of a popular movement in Latin America provides a richly detailed account of its organisation, leadership, strategic choices, and factional divisions. Through its innovative methods, which produce an unusual and compelling blend of fact and theory, the book uncovers the motivations and mechanisms of popular mobilization, as well as explaining its interactions with national politics in Mexico and beyond.
Preface
Glossary of acronyms
Introduction
the character and context of popular mobilization in contemporary Mexico
Part I. Popular Movement and Syndical Struggle
1. Teachers as political actors
2. The original impetus
3. The institutional terrain
Part II. Inside the Movement in Chiapas
4. Leadership and grass roots
5. Strategic choices
6. Factional strife
Part III. National Mobilization and System Responses
7. Regional movements
8. Institutional controls
9. Popular strategies
Part IV. Popular Movements and Political Change
10. Institutional linkage
11. The political system
12. The political meaning of popular movements
Bibliography
Index.