Bullettin n. 1/2011 | ||
June 2011 | ||
Tutino John |
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Capitalismo global, Estado nacional y los límites de la Revolución: tres momentos clave en el siglo XX mexicano | ||
in Foro Internacional , VOLUMEN LI - NÚMERO 1 , 2011 | ||
This essay is built on the historical erudition of Adolfo Gilly and Friedrich Katz, and faced with the theoretical perspectives of Barrington Moore, Theda Skocpol and Richard Adams. It focuses on three junctures in which the relations between the power of the State, national social forces, and global capitalism altered the course of Mexican History. In 1914-1915, Carranza tapped the wealth of Atlantic capitalism to block popular mobilizations. In 1938, Cárdenas negotiated, based on campesino and workers’ mobilizations, to nationalize petroleum and claim maximum power for Mexico at a time of weakened capitalism. In 1994, Salinas incorporated Mexico into global capitalism; at the same time, he inhibited popular assertions of power and delayed democratization | ||