Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Preface xiii
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. Part 1. The Old Regime and the Mexican Media
8. 2. The Perfect Dictatorship 13
9. 3. Media Control under the Perfect Dictatorship 25
10. 4. Media Coverage under the Perfect Dictatorship 48
11. Part 2. Media Opening in Mexico
12. 5. Opening Mexico’s Print Media 61
13. 6. Opening Mexico’s Broadcast Media 93
14. Part 3. The Political Consequences of Media Opening
15. 7. Media Opening and Civil Society in Mexico 125
16. 8. Media Opening, Scandal, and Regime Delegitimation 138
17. 9. Media Opening, Campaigns, and Elections 157
18. Part 4. Media Opening and Democratization
19. 10. Conclusions 173
20. Appendix: Data for Figures and Tables 211
21. Notes 217
22. Bibliography 259
23. Index 281