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Author Lenti, Joseph U., author.

Title Redeeming the revolution : the state and organized labor in post-Tlatelolco Mexico / Joseph U. Lenti.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 355 pages, 24 pages of plates.)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Mexican Experience
Mexican experience.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "A tale of sin and redemption, this book demonstrates how the killing of hundreds of student protestors in Mexico City's Tlatelolco district on October 2-3, 1968, sparked a crisis of legitimacy that moved Mexican political leaders to reestablish their revolutionary credentials with the working class, a sector only tangentially connected to the bloodbath. State-allied labor groups hence became darlings of public policy in the post-Tlatelolco period, and with the implementation of the New Federal Labor Law of 1970, the historical symbiotic relationship of the government and organized labor was restored. Renewing old bonds with trusted allies such as the Confederation of Mexican Workers bore fruit for the regime, yet the road to redemption was fraught with peril during this era of Cold War and class contestation. While Luis Echeverria, Fidel Velazquez, and other officials appeased union brass with discourses of revolutionary populism and policies that challenged business leaders, conflicts emerged, and repression ensued when rank-and-file workers criticized the chasm between rhetoric and reality and tested their leaders' limits of toleration."--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Legitimacy of governments -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Legitimacy of governments.
Mexico.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Labor movement -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Labor movement.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9780803285590 0803285590 (DLC) 2017940996 (OCoLC)982844831
ISBN 9781496201331 (electronic book)
1496201337 (electronic book)
9781496201355 (electronic book)
1496201353 (electronic book)
9780803285590 (hardcover)
0803285590 (hardcover)
9781496200495 (paperback)
1496200497 (paperback)