Description
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite - their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top. This book traces the careers of approximately four hundred of the country's notable politicians, military officers, clergy, intellectuals, and capitalists.
Trade Review"Mexico's Mandarins represents scholarship of superior quality and is virtually unique in the level of information on which it draws. No other scholar could have written this book and no other scholar will ever be able to reproduce it. I suspect that it will become the definitive work on Mexican elites in the twentieth century."-Kathleen Bruhn, author of Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development
Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments I. Power Elites, Mentoring, and Networking Chapter 1. Mexican Power Elites: Do They Exist? Chapter 2. Mentoring Mexico's Power Elite Chapter 3. Networking within Power Elite Circles Chapter 4. Networking across Power Elite Circles II. How Power Elites Are Formed Chapter 5. Origins of Socialization: Sources among the Power Elite Chapter 6. Socialization through Education the Mexican Way Chapter 7. Globalizing Mexico's Power Elite: The Role of Education Abroad Chapter 8. Socializing Mexico's Power Elite: Educational Experiences Abroad III. Power Elites, Networking, and Decision Making Chapter 9. Decision Making, Networking, and Organizations Chapter 10. Power Elite Prototypes in the Twentieth Century: The Old and the New Chapter 11. Power Elites in the Twenty-First Century: Consequences of New Leadership Bibliographic Essay Index
