Symbolism and ritual in a one-party regime
Subtitle: unveiling Mexico's political culture
By: Larissa Adler-Lomnitz, Rodrigo Salazar-Elena, and Ilya Adler ; translated by Susanne A. Wagner
Contributors: Salazar Elena, Rodrigo; Adler, Ilya; Wagner, Susanne A. (Susanne Annette), 1963-
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780816527533; 9780816527540
Work titles: Simbolismo y ritual en la política mexicana
Description: Because of the long dominance of Mexico's leading political party, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, the campaigns of its presidential candidates were never considered relevant in determining the victor. This book offers an ethnography of the Mexican political system under PRI hegemony, focusing on the relationship between the formal democratic structure of the state and the unofficial practices of the underlying political culture, and addressing the question of what purpose campaigns serve when the outcome is predetermined. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Mexican political system and its actors. The Mexican political system : a structural analysis; title: The president and his party : informal networks in a formal system; title: The succession process and the destape. The structure of presidential succession in Mexico; title: The press prior to the destape; title: Carlos Salinas's presidential campaign. Touring the federal states; title: The role played by the Institute for Political, Economic, and Social Studies; title: The press and the presidential campaign; title: Continuity and change in presidential politics. Conclusions : ritual and stability in the presidential succession; title: Recent successions (I) : the last elections under PRI rule (1994-2000); title: Recent successions (II) : the 2006 election.