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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Diane DavisPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.676kg ISBN: 9781566391511ISBN 10: 1566391512 Pages: 422 Publication Date: 09 June 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Laying the Foundations 2. The Urban Terrain of Postrevolutionary State Building, 1910-1929 3. Mexico City Governance and the Move Toward Corporatism, 1929-1943 4. Balancing Party Sectors Through Urban Administration, 1944-1958 5. The PRI at the Crossroads: Urban Conflict Splits the Party, 1958-1966 6. Rethinking Mexico City's Role in National Development, 1966-1973 7. From Urban to National Fiscal Crisis, 1973-1982 8. Urban Democratic Reform as Challenge to Corporatist Politics, 1982-1988 9. Recasting the Dynamics of Urban and Political Change in Mexico Appendixes Notes Bibliography IndexReviews""This splendid book makes a truly innovative contribution to the literature on social and political change in Latin America. Davis demonstrates compellingly how a focus on local level processes can lead to a new understanding of politics a the national level."" --Evelyne Huber, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ""This impressively researched, historically and theoretically informed book should be read by all persons interested in the political economy of cities in general and of Mexico in particular. Diane Davis understands the subtleties of how political, social, and economic forces at the national and urban levels influence each other, both positively and negatively, and how they change over time."" --Susan Eckstein, Boston University ""The illuminating tapestry of Urban leviathan is woven from the diverse elements of politics, geography, political economy, and public policy. The result is a study that forces us to rethink the places of cities in relationship to national institutions and practices, and makes the built environment central to our understanding of political and economic development."" --Ira Katznelson, Columbia University ""Urban Leviathan is not only the fullest and most nuanced history of the world's largest metropolitan center, but stands as an original, deeply-researched exemplar of how to integrate urban analysis into the broader theories of class, development, and local/national politics. Davis's iconoclastic findings will certainly reshape our understanding of Mexico and its capital city. This book could very well transform our theories about what shapes capital cities."" --Janet Abu-Lughod, The New School for Social Research This splendid book makes a truly innovative contribution to the literature on social and political change in Latin America. Davis demonstrates compellingly how a focus on local level processes can lead to a new understanding of politics a the national level. --Evelyne Huber, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This impressively researched, historically and theoretically informed book should be read by all persons interested in the political economy of cities in general and of Mexico in particular. Diane Davis understands the subtleties of how political, social, and economic forces at the national and urban levels influence each other, both positively and negatively, and how they change over time. --Susan Eckstein, Boston University The illuminating tapestry of Urban leviathan is woven from the diverse elements of politics, geography, political economy, and public policy. The result is a study that forces us to rethink the places of cities in relationship to national institutions and practices, and makes the built environment central to our understanding of political and economic development. --Ira Katznelson, Columbia University Urban Leviathan is not only the fullest and most nuanced history of the world's largest metropolitan center, but stands as an original, deeply-researched exemplar of how to integrate urban analysis into the broader theories of class, development, and local/national politics. Davis's iconoclastic findings will certainly reshape our understanding of Mexico and its capital city. This book could very well transform our theories about what shapes capital cities. --Janet Abu-Lughod, The New School for Social Research Author InformationDiane E. Davis, Associate Professor of Sociology and Historical Studies at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research, has written numerous articles on politics and economics in Mexico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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