Evading the Patronage Trap: Interest Representation in Mexico

by Brian Palmer-Rubin

Why have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Brian Palmer-Rubin contends that we may lay the blame on these countries' systems of interest representation, which exhibit "biased pluralism," a system in which the demands of organizations representing economic elites--especially large corporations--predominate. A more inclusive model of representation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472075446
• ISBN13: 9780472075447
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"