PSCI 2102 Lecture Notes - Vicente Fox, Trade Union, Maquiladora
7 Jul 2014
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Class 10 psci2102b march 18, 2014. President from 1876 to 1911; one of the military generals (cauldilos) Institutionalizes a liberal republic: lands freed and distributed, open borders economic policy to develop mexico, wanted to use science to develop mexico. Establishes the liberal era led by clientificos advising him: elites get bread if they cooperate, stick if they do not, based on corruption and favors. Campesinos (traditional indians): faced with guardia rural (former police force recruited from the bandits) Ley de fuga law of flight: can shoot anybody if you are a member of the guardia rural who is deemed to be fleeing custody. Debt peons pretty much born into debt (paying for baptism, confirmation, etc. ) and by supplies from these people (at high prices) so you end up owing more money. Nothing in this to encourage hacienda owner to improve conditions of the farm. Manage to survive from the conquest as independent people.
