Political Recruitment Across Two Centuries

Mexico, 1884-1991

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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During more than twenty years of field research, Roderic Ai Camp built a monumental database of biographical information on more than 3,000 leading national figures in Mexico. In this major contribution to Mexican political history, he draws on that database to present a definitive account of the paths to power Mexican political leaders pursued during the period 1884 to 1992.Camp’s research clarifies the patterns of political recruitment in Mexico, showing the consequences of choosing one group over another. It calls into question numerous traditional assumptions, including that upward political mobility was a cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.Comparing Mexican practices with those in several East Asian countries also allows Camp to question many of the tenets of political recruitment theory. His book will be of interest to students not only of Mexican politics but also of history, comparative politics, political leadership, and Third World development.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-04-01
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor303
FörlagUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN9780292711730

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List of TablesAcknowledgments1. Recruitment and Modernization: A Mexican Model Arguments for Examining Political RecruitmentThe Mexican Approach: A Brief AsideThe Theoretical ConstructsConclusionsNotes2. Age as a Variable in Political Recruitment Factors Contributing to Age Cohorts in MexicoPresidential Political GenerationsConclusionsNotes3. Experience and Leadership: The Role of Combat The Role of Nineteenth-Century ViolenceThe Role of the Mexican RevolutionConclusionsNotes4. Education and Politics: Formation and Recruitment of National Leaders The Institutionalization of EducationCentralizing Education and Enhancing the Recruitment FunctionConclusionsNotes5. Experience and Leadership: The Influence of Careers The Interlocking Structures-A Power Elite in Mexico?The MilitaryBusiness Leaders as PoliticiansThe Public Sector and the ProfessionsConclusionsNotes6. Gender, Place, and Family in Leadership Credentials The Role of GenderThe Influence of PlaceSocioeconomic OriginsConclusionsNotes7. The Opposition: An Alternative Path to Leadership? Special Qualities of Opposition LeadershipOpposition Socioeconomic OriginsConclusionsNotes8. The Branches of Government: Who Recruits Whom Background VariablesCareer ChoicesEducational InfluencesConclusionsNotes9. Salinas in Power: A Case Study of Recruitment in Practice Presidential MentoringThe Political TechnocratConclusionsNotesBibliographic EssayIndex

Camp’s new book is yet another in his outstanding series of studies of political leadership in Mexico. . . . He provides the reader with a clear picture of the ways in which the Mexican political elite has been and continues to be created and to recreate itself. . . . It will be required reading for the specialist but also usable in the classroom and of great interest for the general reader. (American Historical Review)