Popular Mobilization in Mexico
The Teachers' Movement 1977–87

Explores the process of popular mobilisation in contemporary Mexico through the experience of the country's most important popular organisation.

Joe Foweraker (Author)

9780521441476, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 April 1993

224 pages
24 x 16.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.439 kg

"A major strength of 'Popular Mobilization in Mexico' is found in the sections dealing with the relationships among the CNTE, the SNTE, the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), and the Mexican state. Foweraker's focus on Chiapas is another strength, for as he notes, that state 'was the pioneer of political mobilization by teachers nationwide.'" Paul Haber, Latin American Research Review

This book explores the process of popular mobilisation in contemporary Mexico through the experience of the country's most important popular organisation - the teachers' movement. It creates a distinctive perspective on Mexican politics and makes an interesting contribution to the study of popular or 'social' movements. This in-depth study of a popular movement in Latin America provides a richly detailed account of its organisation, leadership, strategic choices, and factional divisions. Through its innovative methods, which produce an unusual and compelling blend of fact and theory, the book uncovers the motivations and mechanisms of popular mobilization, as well as explaining its interactions with national politics in Mexico and beyond.

Preface
Glossary of acronyms
Introduction: the character and context of popular mobilization in contemporary Mexico
Part I. Popular Movement and Syndical Struggle: 1. Teachers as political actors
2. The original impetus
3. The institutional terrain
Part II. Inside the Movement in Chiapas: 4. Leadership and grass roots
5. Strategic choices
6. Factional strife
Part III. National Mobilization and System Responses: 7. Regional movements
8. Institutional controls
9. Popular strategies
Part IV. Popular Movements and Political Change: 10. Institutional linkage
11. The political system
12. The political meaning of popular movements
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], History of the Americas [HBJK]