The Poverty of Revolution
The State and the Urban Poor in Mexico
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-0-691-63330-5 (ISBN)
Description
The plight of the urban poor in Mexico has changed little since World War II, despite the country's impressive rate of economic growth. Susan Eckstein considers how market forces and state policies that were ostensibly designed to help the poor have served to maintain their poverty. She draws on intensive research in a center city slum, a squatter settlement, and a low-cost housing development. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Reviews / Votes
"Any doubts left about how the PRI and the government co-opt and disarm popular discontent will be dispelled by this material... a work of mature scholarship and a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Third World urbanization and development."--Alejandro Portes, Contemporary SociologyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-63330-5 (9780691633305)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
07/2014
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€66.49
Available for download
Person
Susan Eva Eckstein
Content
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. x*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xii*PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION, pg. xiii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xviii*LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xxi*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. The State and Society: Inequality in Postrevolutionary Mexico, pg. 13*CHAPTER TWO. The Rise and Demise of Autonomous Communities, pg. 40*CHAPTER THREE. The Irony of Organization, pg. 78*CHAPTER FOUR. Politicos and Priests: Oligarchy and Interorganizational Relations, pg. 108*CHAPTER FIVE. The Politics of Conformity, pg. 125*CHAPTER SIX. The Political Economy of the Local Communities, pg. 141*CHAPTER SEVEN. Occupational Choice and Occupational Fate, pg. 165*CHAPTER EIGHT. The Poverty of Revolution: Mexican Urban Poor in Cross-National Perspective, pg. 208*EPILOGUE. Fiscal, Physical, and Political Crisis, pg. 221*APPENDIX A. Methods and Ethics, pg. 279*APPENDIX BETA. Questionnaire Administered to Sample of Residents, pg. 305*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 325*INDEX, pg. 349