Title Decentering the regime : ethnicity, radicalism, and democracy in Juchitán, Mexico / Jeffrey W. Rubin

Published Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : illustrations, map Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents 1. Theorizing Power and Regimes -- 2. Continuity and Disjunction in Zapotec Ethnicity: "Their Own Soul, Now Perfectly Defined" -- 3. Cacique Rule and the Zapotec Domain of Sovereignty, 1930-1960: "The PRI Doesn't Exist in the Isthmus" -- 4. The Politics of Reform, 1960-1973: "Transcendental Steps toward Progress" -- 5. Mobilization and Repression in the 1970s: "Embodying the Defiance of the Pueblo" -- 6. Leftist Government in the 198Os and 1990s: "The Pressure of Zapotec Is Much Stronger" -- 7. Ambiguity and Contradiction in COCEI: "Who Are We? What Is Our Name?" -- 8. Culture and Regional Politics in Mexico: Decentering the Regime Summary Since 1989 an indigenous political movement--the Coalition of Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus (COCEI)--has governed the southern Mexican city of Juchitán. In Decentering the Regime, Jeffrey W. Rubin examines this Zapotec Indian movement and shows how COCEI forged an unprecedented political and cultural path--overcoming oppression in the 1970s to achieve democracy in the 1990s. Rubin traces the history and rise to power of this grassroots movement, and describes a Juchitán that exists in substantial autonomy from the central Mexican government and Mexican nationalism--thereby debunking the notion that a state- and regime-centered approach to power can explain the politics of domination and resistance in Mexico.Employing an interdisciplinary approach, Rubin shows that the Juchitecos' ability to organize and sustain a radical political movement grew out of a century-long history of negotiation of political rule. He argues that factors outside the realm of formal politics--such as ethnicity, language, gender, and religion--play an important part in the dynamics of regional political struggles and relationships of power. While offering a detailed view of the Zapotec community and its interactions, Rubin reconceptualizes democracy by considering the question of how meaningful autonomy, self-government, cultural expression, and material well-being can be forged out of violence and repression Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Coalición Obrera Campesina Estudiantil del Istmo (Mexico) SUBJECT Coalición Obrera Campesina Estudiantil del Istmo (Mexico) fast Coalición obrera campesina estudiantil del Istmo (Mexique) ram Subject Central-local government relations -- Mexico Zapotec Indians -- Politics and government POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico Central-local government relations Politics and government Zapotec Indians -- Politics and government Politik Etnisch bewustzijn. Radicalisme. Zapoteken. Zapotèques -- Politique et gouvernement. Zapotèques (Indiens) -- Politique et gouvernement. Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales -- Mexique -- Etats. Geschichte 1960-1997. SUBJECT Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- Politics and government Subject Mexico Mexico -- Juchitán de Zaragoza Juchitán Juchitán (Mexique) -- Politique et gouvernement. Zapoteken. Form Electronic book LC no. 97013515 ISBN 9780822378617 0822378612

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