Revolution and State in Modern Mexico The Political Economy of Uneven Development

by Morton, Adam David

• ISBN13: 9780742554894
• ISBN10: 0742554899
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-15
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This groundbreaking study develops a new approach to understanding the formation of the post-revolutionary state in Mexico. In a shift away from dominant interpretations, Adam Morton considers the construction of the revolution and the modern Mexican state through a fresh analysis of the Mexican Revolution, the era of import substitution industrialization, and neoliberalism. Throughout, the author makes interdisciplinary links among geography, political economy, postcolonialism, and Latin American studies in order to provide a new framework for analyzing the development of state power in Mexico. He also explores key processes in the contestation of the modern state, specifically through studies of the role of intellectuals, democratization and democratic transition, and spaces of resistance. As Morton argues, all these themes can only be fully understood through the lens of uneven development in Latin America.Centrally, the book shows how the history of modern state formation and uneven development in Mexico is best understood as a form of passive revolution, referring to the ongoing class strategies that have shaped relations between state and civil society. As such, Morton makes an important interdisciplinary contribution to debates on state formation relevant to Mexican studies, postcolonial and development studies, historical sociology, and international political economy by revitalizing the debate on the uneven and combined character of development in Mexico and throughout Latin America. In so doing, he convincingly contends that uneven development can once again become a tool for radical political economy analysis in and beyond the region.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Acronyms	p. xv
Coordinates of Revolution, State, and Uneven Development in Modem Mexico	p. 1
Constructing Revolution and State in Modern Mexico
Mexican Revolution, Primitive Accumulation, Passive Revolution	p. 33
Capital Accumulation, State Formation, and Import Substitution Industrialization	p. 63
Neoliberalism and Structural Change within the Global Political Economy of Uneven Development	p. 99
Contesting Revolution and State in Modern Mexico
Intellectuals and the State: A Critical Social Function or in the Shadow of the State?	p. 135
The Political Economy of Democratization and Democratic Transition	p. 165
Uneven Agrarian Development and the Resistance of the EZLN	p. 199
Conclusion: Permanent Passive Revolution?	p. 237
References	p. 253
Index	p. 291
About the Author	p. 299
About the Book	p. 301
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