Political jokes exist around the world and across many types of political systems. But what purposes do they serve? Do they have an impact on politics or on politicians? Surprisingly, scholars have paid scant attention to these significant questions. And, until the publication of this book, no one had ever systematically studied political humor in Mexico. When the first edition of this work was published in Mexico, it caused a stir. Elected officials, it turned out, had grudgingly accepted that they and their politics could be the target of jokes uttered in public, and even on television, but...

Libro de cuentos sobre los amores del pasado que se convierten en fantasmas y los fantasmas se aparecen.

An innovative book which mixes Anthropolgy, Law, Economics and Political Science to explaining the developments on immigration law and its impact on real people. It focuses, but not exclusively, on Mexican immigration to the United States