{"product_id":"unions-and-politics-in-mexico-the-case-of-the-automobile-industry-paperback-9780521102681","title":"Unions and Politics in Mexico; The Case of the Automobile Industry (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521102681","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnions and Politics in Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Case of the Automobile Industry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIan Roxborough argues that control over Mexican unions has been more fragile and problematic than appears at first sight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Roxborough (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521102681, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe orthodox view of Mexican history asserts that the political stability and rapid economic growth of the post-war period were due inter alia to state control over the labour movement. On the evidence of his extensive research in Mexico between 1977 and 1982, Ian Roxborough challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that control over Mexican unions has been more fragile and problematic than appears at first sight. Taking the car industry as a case study, he discusses the upsurge of industrial militancy in the 1970s and explores its possible implications for continued political stability. Focusing on variations in the factory-level organisations of the working class, the account in this book de-emphasises theories which stress class consciousness or which focus on the aristocracy of labour, in favour of a theory that places political and organisational power at the centre of analysis. This study of the grass roots of industrial militancy will have relevance not only for the study of contemporary Mexico but also for general explanations of the politics of labour in the Third World.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Map: location of automobile plants\u003cbr\u003e 1. Organised labour in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Mexican automobile industry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Wages and workers in the Mexican automobile industry\u003cbr\u003e 4. The unions: a historical analysis\u003cbr\u003e 5. The unions: power and organisation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Control over work processes\u003cbr\u003e 7. Union government\u003cbr\u003e 8. The labour courts\u003cbr\u003e 9. The empirical findings and the dynamics of industrial militancy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Unions and political stability in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006405431576,"sku":"9780521102681","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521102681i_a4b08177-fa7c-4271-a5b9-952da91f7989.jpg?v=1694970872","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unions-and-politics-in-mexico-the-case-of-the-automobile-industry-paperback-9780521102681","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}