State-Society Relations in Mexico: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Trends

Copyright 2000 by Latin American Research Review Reprinted from LARR Volume 35 Number 2 REVIEW ESSAYS STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN M E X I C O : Historical Legacies and Contemporary Trends Jonathan Fox University of California, Santa Cruz CITIZENS OF THE PYRAMID: ESSAYS ON MEXICAN POLITICAL CULTURE. Edited by Wil G. Pansters. (Amsterdam: Thelas, 1997. Pp. 375. $35.00 paper.) THE PARADOX OF REVOLUTION: LABOR, THE STATE, AND AUTHORI- TARIANISM IN MEXICO. By Kevin J. Middlebrook. (Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Pp. 463. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper.) DECENTERING THE REGIME: ETHNICITY, RADICALISM, AND DEMOCRACY IN JUCHITAN, MEXICO. By Jeffrey W. Rubin. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1997. Pp. 316. $54.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.) GUERRERO BRONCO: CAMPESINOS, CIUDADANOS Y GUERRILLEROS EN LA COSTA GRANDE. By Armando Bartra. (Mexico City: Sinfiltro, 1996. Pp. 196.) THE POLITICS OF WATER: URBAN PROTEST, GENDER, AND POWER IN MONTERREY, MEXICO. By Vivienne Bennett. (Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh, 1995. Pp. 232. $49.95 cloth.) A CULTURE OF COLLUSION: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE MEXICAN PRESS. Edited by William A. Orme Jr. (Miami, Fla.: North-South Center Press, 1997. Pp. 159. $16.95 paper.) POLLING FOR DEMOCRACY: PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL LIBER- ALIZATION IN MEXICO. Edited by Roderic A i Camp. (Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1996. Pp. 186. $45.00 cloth.) Latin American Research Review volume 35 number 2 © 2000