Transitions to accountability : disentangling state and regime -- Civil society and accountability politics -- How does civil society thicken? the political construction of social capital in rural Mexico -- Democratic rural development : leadership accountability in regional peasant organizations -- National electoral choices in rural Mexico -- Contrasting theory and practice : the World Bank and social capital in rural Mexico -- Decentralizing decentralization : Mexico's invisible fourth level of the state -- Comparing regional rural development councils : do invited spaces' empower? -- Accessing accountability : individual versus collective voices -- Exit followed by voice : Mexico's migrant civil society -- Unpacking accountability politics
Summary
How can the seeds of accountability ever grow in authoritarian environments? This book explores how civil society 'thickens' by comparing two decades of rural citizens' struggles to hold the Mexican state accountable, exploring both change and continuity before, during and after national electoral turning points
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-426) and index
