Social Foundations of Limited Dictatorship: Networks and Private Protection During Mexico's Early IndustrializationThis innovative new book contributes simultaneously to two different disciplinary fields: comparative political economy and Mexican history. It does so by attempting to explain why Mexico--contrary to the predictions of several dominant theories of economic growth--enjoyed a comparatively high rate of economic growth and development under the highly authoritarian dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911). In conducting a detailed political analysis of Diaz's rule, Armando Razo introduces network analysis to the study of institutions and growth, and shows how dictators can maintain their power with credible growth-enhancing policies. |
Contents
Network Theory of Private Protection | 21 |
Political Institutions and Consolidated Dictatorship | 54 |
Private Policies | 80 |
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A₁ analyzed asset holders authoritarian authoritarian government Banamex Banking Banco behavior budget capital stock central Chamber of Deputies Chapter Chihuahua companies concessions Congress connections consolidated Constitution of 1857 constraints credible commitments democratic Díaz government Díaz's dictator dictator's dictatorship economic actors economic growth effect ego network elite networks enabled encompassing interests evidence executive government federal firms formal institutions formal political institutions G₁ G₂ governance structure governors groups Haber implication incentives included industries informal investment José legislative Limantour Limited Dictatorship Manufacturing mechanisms ment Mexican Mexican Revolution Mexico military Mining network analysis network of private network theory nodes nomic ô₁ overlapping protection participation period players policy credibility political careers Porfiriato Porfirio Díaz position predation private actors private enforcers private policies private protection probability property rights proposals public officials reelected regimes regional relevant rents role Senator share social networks stationary bandits Terrazas theory tion types variable Veracruz