Democratization Without Representation

Democratization Without Representation
Author: Kenneth C. Shadlen
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2015-11-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0271076348

When countries become more democratic, new opportunities arise for individuals and groups to participate in politics and influence the making of policy. But democratization does not ensure better representation for everyone, and indeed some sectors of society are ill-equipped to take advantage of these new opportunities. Small industry in Mexico, Kenneth Shadlen shows, is an excellent example of a sector whose representation decreased during democratization. Shadlen’s analysis focuses on the basic characteristics of small firms that complicate the process of securing representation in both authoritarian and democratic environments. He then shows how increased pluralism and electoral competition served to exacerbate the political problems facing the sector during the course of democratization in Mexico. These characteristics created problems for small firms both in acting collectively through interest associations and civil society organizations and in wielding power within political parties. The changes that democratization effected in the structure of corporatism put small industry at a significant disadvantage in the policy-making arena even while there was general agreement on the crucial importance of this sector in the new neoliberal economy, especially for generating employment. The final chapter extends the analysis by making comparisons with the experience of small industry representation in Argentina and Brazil. Shadlen uses extensive interviews and archival research to provide new evidence and insights on the difficult challenges of interest aggregation and representation for small industry. He conducted interviews with a wide range of owners and managers of small firms, state and party officials, and leaders of business associations and civil society organizations. He also did research at the National Archives in Mexico City and in the archives of the most important business organizations for small industry in the post-World War II period.

El impulso a la micro, pequeña y mediana empresa

El impulso a la micro, pequeña y mediana empresa
Author: Oscar Espinosa Villarreal
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Economica USA
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Esta obra examina el modo en que los logros alcanzados en el nivel macroeconomico del gobierno del presidente Carlos Salinas de Gortari han penetrado en la sociedad y el mundo empresarial; en particular la micro, pequena y mediana empresa han recibido atencion en los ordenes administrativo, crediticio y tecnologico. La obra hace una completa relacion de Nacional Financiera como organo de apoyo a esa parte tan importante de la economia nacional.

Blurring organizational issues and social phenomena in the age of technology: a multidisciplinary perspective

Blurring organizational issues and social phenomena in the age of technology: a multidisciplinary perspective
Author: Nemesio Castillo
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2013-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 130070344X

The predominant view in economic theory until the crisis of the '70s, argued the great enterprise was the key player in the innovation process, this was conceived as an activity that unfolded in specific areas, with clear responsibilities and predetermined objectives. This operating structure of the innovative process was functional demand model that favored the standardization of production. The innovative process was developed predominantly by firms that had a domain oligopolistic market from which they made windfall with which financed the research and development activities. In this context, the role of SMEs in the innovation process is limited to covering the portion of the market that big companies left.

Ibero-americana

Ibero-americana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 792
Release: 2004
Genre: Caribbean Area
ISBN:

Research news and principal acquisitions of documentation on Latin America in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Record of proceedings

Record of proceedings
Author:
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 1498
Release: 2007
Genre: Labor laws and legislation, International
ISBN: 9789221181477