Political Recruitment across Two Centuries : Mexico, 1884-1991 /
Camp, Roderic Ai
Political Recruitment across Two Centuries : Mexico, 1884-1991 / Roderic Ai Camp. - 1 online resource (303 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Recruitment and Modernization: A Mexican Model -- 2 Age as a Variable in Political Recruitment -- 3 Experience and Leadership: The Role of Combat -- 4 Education and Politics: Formation and Recruitment of National Leaders -- 5 Experience and Leadership: The Influence of Careers -- 6 Gender, Place, and Family in Leadership Credentials -- 7 The Opposition: An Alternative Path to Leadership? -- 8 The Branches of Government: Who Recruits Whom -- 9 Salinas in Power: A Case Study of Recruitment in Practice -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780292733626
10.7560/711723 doi
HISTORY / General.
305.5/24
Political Recruitment across Two Centuries : Mexico, 1884-1991 / Roderic Ai Camp. - 1 online resource (303 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Recruitment and Modernization: A Mexican Model -- 2 Age as a Variable in Political Recruitment -- 3 Experience and Leadership: The Role of Combat -- 4 Education and Politics: Formation and Recruitment of National Leaders -- 5 Experience and Leadership: The Influence of Careers -- 6 Gender, Place, and Family in Leadership Credentials -- 7 The Opposition: An Alternative Path to Leadership? -- 8 The Branches of Government: Who Recruits Whom -- 9 Salinas in Power: A Case Study of Recruitment in Practice -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780292733626
10.7560/711723 doi
HISTORY / General.
305.5/24