book chapter
Contemporary Mexico: from hacienda to PRI, political leadership in a Zapotec village
caciques: oligarchical politics and the system of caciquismo in the Luso-Hispanic world • Albuquerque • Published In 1973 • Pages: 119-134, 183-185
By: Ugalde, Antonio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this study is 'to present some field findings about the process of change and transformation of political leadership in a Mexican village and its present leadership structure' (p. 120). Ugalde outlines the cargo system of the municipio Díaz Ordaz, sketching some of the changes that have occurred in the system during the twentieth century. He also discusses the changing local power structure in terms of caciques and political bosses. He suggests that caciquismo has been transformed by the post-revolutionary government so that access to local power is now channeled through the national structures of government and political party (the PRI) rather than being based on local strong-arm tactics. Footnotes will be found in OCM 113, pp. 183-185.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Towns
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Congregations
- Political parties
- Sociocultural trends
- Ingroup antagonisms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1980: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Town of Diaz Ordaz, Oaxaca, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Antonio Ugalde
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72086820
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians