Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection During Mexico's Early Industrialization

This innovative new book contributes simultaneously to two different disciplinary fields: comparative political economy and Mexican history. It does so by attempting to explain why Mexico--contrary to the predictions of several dominant theories of economic growth--enjoyed a comparatively high rate of economic growth and development under the highly authoritarian dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911). In conducting a detailed political analysis of Diaz's rule, Armando Razo introduces network analysis to the study of institutions and growth, and shows how dictators can maintain their power with credible growth-enhancing policies.

Author: Armando Razo
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 02/20/2008
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.15h x 6.28w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780804756617

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 196

About the Author
Armando Razo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. He is the co-author, with Steve Haber and Noel Maurer, of The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929 (2003).