The Mexican Transition
Politics, Culture and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century
By (author) Roger Bartra
Publication date:
31 January 2013Length of book:
240 pagesPublisher
University of Wales PressDimensions:
216x138mmISBN-13: 9780708325537
This book is a collection of essays on the Mexican transition to democracy that offers reflections on different aspects of civic culture, the political process, electoral struggles, and critical junctures. They were written at different points in time and even though they have been corrected and adapted, they have kept the tension and fervour with which they were originally created. They provide the reader with a vision of what goes on behind those horrifying images that depict Mexico as a country plagued by narcotrafficking groups and subjected to unbridled homicidal violence. These images hide the complex political reality of the country and the accidents and shocks democracy has suffered.