Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection During Mexico's Early Industrialization

ISBN-13: 9780804756617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 264 str.

Armando Razo

Opis

This innovative new book contributes simultaneously to two different disciplinary fields: comparative political economy and Mexican history. It does so by attempting to explain why Mexico--contrary to the predictions of several dominant theories of economic growth--enjoyed a comparatively high rate of economic growth and development under the highly authoritarian dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911). In conducting a detailed political analysis of Diaz's rule, Armando Razo introduces network analysis to the study of institutions and growth, and shows how dictators can maintain their power with credible growth-enhancing policies.