This book describes three impactful cases of political violence that broke out in Mexico in 1994, pointing to an important juncture in Mexican political development. At that point, the patrimonial order centered on the PRI and the Mexican presidency entered a momentous crisis that is still ongoing after a quarter of a century and caused the patrimonial order and the civil order to compete over Mexican public life. Such competition, in turn, unfolds at the cultural level on the terrain of three semantics of political violence that shape public debates over violence in Mexico. Ultimately, this book sheds light over the refraction of patrimonial and civil attributions across such cultural terrains.
Autorentext
Nelson Arteaga Botello is Professor of Sociology at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico.
Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Civil Sphere
Chapter 3: The Mexican Civil Sphere and the Patrimonial Code
Chapter 4: The "Rebellion of the Hanged"
Chapter 5: The Violent Succession
Chapter 6: Violence in the Party
Chapter 7: Semantics of Violence
Coda: A Map to the Recent Past