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Generals in the Palacio

The Military in Modern Mexico

By: Roderic A. Camp

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Generals in the Palacio

The Military in Modern Mexico

By: Roderic A. Camp

While there is considerable literature on civilian-military relations worldwide, there is as yet no study of the Mexican military. Despite their intense desire to remain unexamined, Camp's portrait of the Mexican military from 1946 to 1990 takes us inside their world to examine their values, relationships, backgrounds, education, and promotion patterns, and considers these findings in the context of Mexican society and politics. Camp provides fresh empirical data for testing claims concerning civil-military relations worldwide.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195073002

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Mexico's Political Stability

The Next Five Years

By: Roderic A. Camp

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Mexico's Political Stability

The Next Five Years

By: Roderic A. Camp

Mexico is undergoing its worst economic cr1s1s since the world depression of the 1930s. In this volume contributors analyze significant patterns that might affect political stability and legitimacy, economic viability, and social change over the next several years, often reaching controversial conclusions. They argue, for example, that the military is not likely to change its present civil-military role; that political opposition, rather than political violence or pressure from foreign governments, will have the most profound influence on the changing pattern of political legitimacy and system stability; and that decision-making in the private sector may have the greatest potential to resolve or exacerbate the current crisis. Finally, they suggest that because economic conditions have been altered so dramatically in the recent period, Mexican policymakers will need to develop a new range of political alternatives to stabilize the economy and redirect the country's future.

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362

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Routledge

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042971226X

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9780429712265

Democracy in Latin America

Patterns and Cycles

By: Roderic A. Camp

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Democracy in Latin America

Patterns and Cycles

By: Roderic A. Camp

Events such as the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement have made it imperative for students to grasp the history and possible directions of Latin American political change. This title gives readers both the background and the analytical models necessary for an accurate understanding of this area's political past and future. To examine the problems posed by political development, Professor Camp has divided this volume into four parts. The first section sets the tone, with two introductory essays providing an overview of the problems and dilemmas posed by democratization. The other three parts explore important aspects of this overall process.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0842025138

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9780842025133

Mexico's Mandarins

Crafting a Power Elite for the Twenty-first Century

By: Roderic A. Camp

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Mexico's Mandarins

Crafting a Power Elite for the Twenty-first Century

By: Roderic A. Camp

This study marks the culmination of over 20 years of research by the author. It provides a detailed, comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite - their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top.

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Univ of California Press

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0520233433

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9780520233430

Mexico

What Everyone Needs to Know

By: Roderic A. Camp

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Mexico

What Everyone Needs to Know

By: Roderic A. Camp

Offers a valuable primer for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of our neighbor to the South.

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Oxford University Press

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0190494174

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Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

By: Roderic Ai Camp

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Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

By: Roderic Ai Camp

In developing countries, the extent to which intellectuals disengage themselves in state activities has widespread consequences for the social, political, and economic development of those societies. Roderic Camps’ examination of intellectuals in Mexico is the first study of a Latin American country to detail the structure of intellectual life, rather than merely considering intellectual ideas. Camp has used original sources, including extensive interviews, to provide new data about the evolution of leading Mexican intellectuals and their relationship to politics and politicians since 1920.

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University of Texas Press

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0292766726

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9780292766723

Entrepreneurs and Politics in Twentieth-century Mexico

By: Roderic A. Camp

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Entrepreneurs and Politics in Twentieth-century Mexico

By: Roderic A. Camp

Based on six years of research, including interviews with leading Mexican entrepreneurial and political leaders and the assessment of hitherto unavailable materials, this work focuses on the complex political relationship between the Mexican state and leading businessmen from the 1920s to the present. Analyzing nearly 3000 biographies to compare Mexico's two leading competitors for political power, the author uses a humanistic approach to test a number of assumptions about the relationship between the business community and the state and provides new insights into the existence of a power elite, the exchange between economic and political leaders, the self-image of Mexican entrepreneurs, the position of family-controlled firms, and the influence of capitalists on the decision-making process. Camp also provides detailed information on the ownership of Mexico's top 200 firms, including names of stockholders, board members, and managers.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195057198

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Political Recruitment across Two Centuries

Mexico, 1884-1991

By: Roderic Ai Camp

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Political Recruitment across Two Centuries

Mexico, 1884-1991

By: Roderic Ai Camp

During more than twenty years of field research, Roderic Ai Camp built a monumental database of biographical information on more than 3,000 leading national figures in Mexico. In this major contribution to Mexican political history, he draws on that database to present a definitive account of the paths to power Mexican political leaders pursued during the period 1884 to 1992. Camp’s research clarifies the patterns of political recruitment in Mexico, showing the consequences of choosing one group over another. It calls into question numerous traditional assumptions, including that upward political mobility was a cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Comparing Mexican practices with those in several East Asian countries also allows Camp to question many of the tenets of political recruitment theory. His book will be of interest to students not only of Mexican politics but also of history, comparative politics, political leadership, and Third World development.

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University of Texas Press

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0292733682

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9780292733688

Oh, What a Lovely Century

One man's marvellous adventures in love, war and high society

By: Roderic Fenwick Owen

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Oh, What a Lovely Century

One man's marvellous adventures in love, war and high society

By: Roderic Fenwick Owen

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A completely extraordinary autobiography. One that reads like the most outlandish, beguiling fiction but that is - amazingly - all true' - William Boyd, Sunday Times bestselling author 'Outrageous fun...my goodness there are knee-tremblers galore in this racy memoir' - The Times 'A wonderful journey through 20th Century history. I thoroughly enjoyed it' - Lady Anne Glenconner, author of Lady in Waiting --- For fear of growing up like his stiff-upper-lipped Uncle Dick, Roderic Fenwick Owen (1921-2011) survived Eton, Oxford and the Second World War to become a travel writer, experiencing the varied wonders of the 20th century's people and places in that guise. Frequently finding himself party to crucial historical events (including experiencing Nazi Germany in 1939 and the Pentagon during the Cold War Years), his life featured a stellar cast of characters from Eisenhower and Jackson Pollock to Christopher Lee and Sean Connery. At the heart of Roddy's writing adventures lay his search for love, even if just for the night. He fell head over heels for, and married a Polynesian princess while beachcombing in Tahiti, but when a dazzling trip to 1950s New York opened his eyes to the fact he was more attracted to men than women, he was forced to continue his quest for his soulmate under threat of danger. This was at a time when the police were prosecuting and imprisoning more gay men than ever before, including some of his friends. Lyrical, witty and at times jaw-droppingly unbelievable, Oh, What A Lovely Century is both a highly personal memoir and a marvellous obituary of an ever-changing and now lost world - that was frequently the best of times, and sometimes the worst. --- 'A joy' - The Telegraph 'Entertaining [and] particularly vivid' - Mail on Sunday 'Riotous' - Evening Standard 'Gamey, rollicking and hugely entertaining' - Spectator 'Stuffed to the gills with raucous anecdotes and mesmerising detail ... Fenwick Owen's memoirs are witty and touching but also an important record of how society has changed' - Jessica Fellowes, author of The Mitford Murders

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Sphere

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0751582999

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9780751582994

The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico

By: Roderic Ai Camp

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The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico

By: Roderic Ai Camp

The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico is a broad analysis of Mexico's changing leadership over the past eight decades, stretching from its pre-democratic era (1935-1988), to its democratic transition (1988-2000) to its democratic period (2000-the present). In it, Roderic Camp, one of the most distinguished scholars of Mexican politics, seeks to answer two questions: 1) how has Mexican political leadership evolved since the 1930s and in what ways, beyond ideology, has the shift from a semi-authoritarian, one-party system to a democratic, electoral system altered the country's leadership? and 2) which aspects of Mexican leadership have been most affected by this shift in political models and when and why did the changes in leadership occur? Rather than viewing Mexico's current government as a true democracy, Camp sees it as undergoing a process of consolidation, under which the competitive electoral process has resulted in a system of governing institutions supported by the majority of citizens and significant strides toward plurality. Accordingly, he looks at the relationship between the decentralization of political power and the changing characteristics, experiences and paths to power of national leaders. The book, which represents four decades of Camp's work, is based upon a detailed study of 3000 politicians from the 1930s through the present, incorporating regional media accounts and Camp's own interviews with Mexican presidents, cabinet members, assistant secretaries, senators, governors, and party presidents.

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Oxford University Press

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0199780803

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Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

By: Roderic Ai Camp

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0292738390

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9780292738393

Sacred Tears

By: Roderic Grigson

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Sacred Tears

By: Roderic Grigson

1982 and Sami is far from home, trapped in war-torn Beirut, a city under siege by the Israelis. All he wants is to go home to his family in Sri Lanka but in order to stay alive he must learn to kill. David, a captain in the Sri Lankan army, is sent to the steamy jungles in the north of the country as punishment for an indiscretion and is thrown into the brutal insurrection by militant separatist Tamil Tigers. As civil war erupts in Sri Lanka and tears this once peaceful nation apart, David's love, the beautiful Priyani makes a difficult choice and the paths of these two men cross on opposing sides of the struggle. They must plumb the depths of their courage and question their beliefs about right and wrong. Sacred Tears, the first in a trilogy, is a powerful and evocative depiction of Sri Lanka's great beauty and recent tumultuous history. It will take you inside the story of this ancient nation and into the heart of a gripping human struggle.

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1491816627

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Book's by Roderic A. Camp

Generals in the Palacio

Generals in the Palacio

Mexico's Political Stability

Mexico's Political Stability

Democracy in Latin America

Democracy in Latin America

Mexico's Mandarins

Mexico's Mandarins

Mexico

Mexico

Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

Entrepreneurs and Politics in Twentieth-century Mexico

Entrepreneurs and Politics in Twentieth-century Mexico

Political Recruitment across Two Centuries

Political Recruitment across Two Centuries

Oh, What a Lovely Century

Oh, What a Lovely Century

The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico

The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico

Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth-Century Mexico

Sacred Tears

Sacred Tears

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