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In this chapter I consider Kevin Middlebrook’s substantial (1995) book on state and organized labor in Mexico: a work which comfortably straddles political science and history, while making a major contribution to the study of both the Mexican state and its key ally, organized labor. I outline the period covered by the book (c.1920–1990) and the successive phases of the evolving state/labor relationship, from “revolutionary incorporation” (c.1920–40) through the golden age of PRIísta corporatism to the incipient unravelling of the alliance during the “neoliberal” 1980s and ’90s—all of which Kevin analyses with insight and originality. I then consider the place of this book in the broad field of Latin American labor history (a field that today lies somewhat fallow), suggesting how it fits within both long-term historiographical trends and also the evolving analysis of Mexican—and Latin American—labor politics during the twentieth century.

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“The Paradox of Revolution”: State and Organized Labor in Mexico in the Twentieth Century

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    2026年

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  • Alan Knight

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In this chapter I consider Kevin Middlebrook’s substantial (1995) book on state and organized labor in Mexico: a work which comfortably straddles political science and history, while making a major contribution to the study of both the Mexican state and its key ally, organized labor. I outline the period covered by the book (c.1920–1990) and the successive phases of the evolving state/labor relationship, from “revolutionary incorporation” (c.1920–40) through the golden age of PRIísta corporatism to the incipient unravelling of the alliance during the “neoliberal” 1980s and ’90s—all of which Kevin analyses with insight and originality. I then consider the place of this book in the broad field of Latin American labor history (a field that today lies somewhat fallow), suggesting how it fits within both long-term historiographical trends and also the evolving analysis of Mexican—and Latin American—labor politics during the twentieth century.