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"Garrido, author of an outstanding historical study of the founding and early years of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, offers the first book-length analysis of the most important internal development within the party's structure: the Corriente Democrática. Analyzes party divisions which produced the Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas presidential candidacy in 1988"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The book edited by researchers Thomas Calvo and Paulina Machuca - both members of the project "Proyecto Vencer la distancia" (Overcoming the distance) - comprises the participation of fourteen specialists in the discipline of social sciences. "If the Philippines and Mexico had had very close relationships in the two and a half centuries that the Manila Galleon was sailing (1565-1815), the relations diluted when Mexico chose Independence and the Philippines continued under Spanish domain until 1898. It was precisely these years of disagreement that we were interested in: like all the periods...

An analysis of contemporary Mexican politics by university scholar, including psychological factors motivating political behavior, the influence of fear and liberty in politics, the crisis of 1994, public servants, pluralism and contemporary directions.

"La mayor rebelión militar ocurrida en el periodo posrevolucionario se debió a la división del grupo sonorense ante la sucesión presidencial de 1924. Fue encabezada por Adolfo de la Huerta contra el proyecto de continuidad de Álvaro Obregón."--Page 4 of cover.