Publisher's Synopsis
A wide variety of scholars from around the globe provide cutting-edge analysis of the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration and the "Fourth Transformation," one of the most significant structural changes in a large democracy, not only in Latin America but around the world. Chapters assess the complexity of this profound transformation in Mexican democracy and society. A political system based on the widespread mediation of a dominant party and a longstanding ruling class, which had represented a decades-old hegemony, had been replaced by entirely new leadership, movement, and ruling class, both ideologically and in governmental practice. The book investigates a wide variety of topics including the paradoxes in AMLO's strategic ambivalence, leadership styles and communication, democratic institutions and executive power, social policies and implementation, and more. It provides a historical perspective on the development of the Morena movement, highlighting its internal evolution from origins to the present day as it engages in a leadership transition.
