| Labyrinths of Power: Political Recruitment in Twentieth-Century Mexico: Political Recruitment in Twentieth-Century Mexico Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico; Power (Social sciences); Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910-1946; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1946-; Peter Smith has written a comprehensive and in-depth study of the structure and more important of the transformation of the national political elite in twentieth-century Mexico. In doing so, he analyzes the long-run impact of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 on the composition of the country's ruling elite. Included in his focus are such issues as the social basis of politics, the recruitments process, political career patterns, the amount of periodic turnover, and the relationships between the political and economic elites. |