THE ROMANCE OF DEMOCRACY by Matthew C. Gutmann ( 9780520235281 )

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Title:

THE ROMANCE OF DEMOCRACY
COMPLIANT DEFIANCE IN CONTEMPORARY MEXICO

By:

Matthew C. Gutmann

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520235282

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9780520235281

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

23 October, 2002

Pages:

318

Description:

An insider perspective on contemporary Mexico, this text examines the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City in 2002. It provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighbourhood democracy.

Synopsis:

The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighborhood democracy, what their dreams are for a better society, and how these dreams play out in their daily lives. Based on extensive fieldwork in the same neighborhood he discussed in his acclaimed book The Meanings of Macho, Matthew C. Gutmann now explores the possibilities for political and social change in the world's most populous city. In the process he provides a new perspective on many issues affecting Mexicans countrywide.

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15 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations

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University of California Press

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