Popular Mobilization in Mexico

Explores the process of popular mobilisation in contemporary Mexico through the experience of the country's most important popular organisation.

Preface; Glossary of acronyms; Introduction: the character and context of popular mobilization in contemporary Mexico; Part I. Popular Movement and Syndical Struggle: 1. Teachers as political actors; 2. The original impetus; 3. The institutional terrain; Part II. Inside the Movement in Chiapas: 4. Leadership and grass roots; 5. Strategic choices; 6. Factional strife; Part III. National Mobilization and System Responses: 7. Regional movements; 8. Institutional controls; 9. Popular strategies; Part IV. Popular Movements and Political Change: 10. Institutional linkage; 11. The political system; 12. The political meaning of popular movements; Bibliography; Index.