Politics of civil-military relations in Mexico : a historical and institutional approach

Since the late 19th Century, the military in Mexico has been an important instrument of the executive branch of government to maintain political stability. In the 1880s, President Porfirio Diaz created the basis of a system of civil-military relations based on Presidential control (as opposed to civ...

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Main Author: Lopez-Gonzalez, Jesus Alberto
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.508635