Popular Movements in Autocracies: Religion, Repression, and Indigenous Collective Action in Mexico

by Guillermo Trejo

Book Overview

This book presents a new explanation of the rise, development, and demise of social movements and cycles of protest in autocracies; the conditions under which protest becomes rebellion; and the impact of protest and rebellion on democratization. Focusing on poor indigenous villages in Mexico's authoritarian regime, the book shows that the spread of U.S. Protestant missionaries and the competition for indigenous souls motivated the Catholic Church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107680565
• ISBN13: 9781107680562
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"