{"product_id":"dictablanda-politics-work-and-culture-in-mexico-1938-1968-paperback","title":"Dictablanda: Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938-1968 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Gillingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin T. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. A single party ruled Mexico for over seventy years, holding elections and talking about revolution while overseeing one of the world's most inequitable economies. The contributors to this groundbreaking collection revise earlier interpretations, arguing that state power was not based exclusively on hegemony, corporatism, or violence. Force was real, but it was also exercised by the ruled. It went hand-in-hand with consent, produced by resource regulation, political pragmatism, local autonomies and a popular veto. The result was a \u003ci\u003edictablanda\u003c\/i\u003e: a soft authoritarian regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis deliberately heterodox volume brings together social historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and persistence of the modern Mexican state. It also proposes bold, multidisciplinary approaches to critical problems in contemporary politics. With its blend of contested elections, authoritarianism, and resistance, Mexico foreshadowed the hybrid regimes that have spread across much of the globe.\u003ci\u003e Dictablanda\u003c\/i\u003e suggests how they may endure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Roberto Blancarte, Christopher R. Boyer, Guillermo de la Peña, María Teresa Fernández Aceves, Paul Gillingham, Rogelio Hernández Rodríguez, Alan Knight, Gladys McCormick, Tanalís Padilla, Wil G. Pansters, Andrew Paxman, Jaime Pensado, Pablo Piccato, Thomas Rath, Jeffrey W. Rubin, Benjamin T. Smith, Michael Snodgrass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Gillingham is a Lecturer in Latin American History at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCuauhtémoc's Bones: Forging National Identity in Modern Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin T. Smith is Associate Professor of Latin American History at the University of Warwick. He is author of \u003ci\u003ePistoleros and Popular Movements: The Politics of State Formation in Postrevolutionary Oaxaca\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 9.15 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130382979207,"sku":"9780822356370","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/264df23263b8af7de0d6c52d835b6f99.webp?v=1732610340","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dictablanda-politics-work-and-culture-in-mexico-1938-1968-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}